HOBBS SEAWEED / CORAL REEF MINIATURE STAND LAMP, Ruby opalescent/cranberry opalescent font, colorless beehive stem with square foot, matching patterned crown-form shade, period collar with patent information. Fitted with a period Nutmeg burner, colorless chimney. Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. Fourth quarter 19th century. 7 1/2" H to top of shade, 4 1/2" H to top of collar, 2 3/8" SQ foot.
Underside edge of one foot corner with a shallow flake, shade rim with post-production polishing, fitter with normal as-made roughness.
Literature: Parallels Smith - Miniature Lamps I, p. 209, fig. 508.
Provenance: Barbara and Moe Tourison collection.

Underside edge of one foot corner with a shallow flake, shade rim with post-production polishing, fitter with normal as-made roughness.