HENRY N. HOOPER & CO. CAST-BRASS BRACKET FRAME WITH LAMP, colorless font with rings over panels pattern, No. 2 fine-line collar, stylized single-arm bracket with foliage pattern and leaf and acorn ring, non-matching wall plate. Fitted with a period set-up comprising a Bridgeport Brass Co. "Leader" No. 2 lip burner, appropriate shade ring, opaque white shade and colorless lip chimney. Bracket circa 1850. Font Third quarter 19th century. 12 1/2" H to top of shade, font 4 1/2" H to top of collar, 2 3/8" D base. Bracket 7 1/2" HOA, 13 1/4" L. Shade 5 1/2" H, 7" D fitter.
Literature: Bracket Gowitt - 19th Century Elegant Lighting Argand, Sinumbra, and Solar Lamps, p. 45, upper right and parallels Thuro III, p. 184a.
Provenance: Collection of Pat and the late Bret Morey of Griswold, CT.

Excellent condition, font with a minor flake to ring and expected high-point wear, bracket undamaged. Burner and shade undamaged, chimney with a shallow flake to outer edge of rim, which does not affect the profile, normal roughness to each rim.