PRESSED THREE-PRINTIE BLOCK PAIR OF WHALE OIL LAMPS
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PRESSED THREE-PRINTIE BLOCK PAIR OF WHALE OIL LAMPS, brilliant sapphire blue, each dome-top conical font with a lower knop extension, raised on an octagonal baluster-form standard and square base, wafer construction. Original pewter fine-line collars and double-tube whale oil burners. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and possibly others. Circa 1840-1860. 9 5/8" H to top of collars, 3 1/8" SQ bases.
Literature: Parallels B & K II, fig. 2101.
Provenance: Collection of the late Lois S. Hirschmann, Marion, MA.
Collector's Sales and Services, March 27, 1994, lot 565.
Ex-collection of Gladys and Paul Richards (retains collection label).
Literature: Parallels B & K II, fig. 2101.
Provenance: Collection of the late Lois S. Hirschmann, Marion, MA.
Collector's Sales and Services, March 27, 1994, lot 565.
Ex-collection of Gladys and Paul Richards (retains collection label).
Condition
Proof except for a minute flake to one stem point on each and single chip to one base interior.
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PRESSED THREE-PRINTIE BLOCK PAIR OF WHALE OIL LAMPS
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
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