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ANTIQUE OIL LAMP FUSEE MOVEMENT FAN

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AN UNUSUAL OIL LAMP WITH INTERIOR KEY WIND FUSEE MOVEMENT DRIVEN FAN. LAMP TOP IS DOUBLE WALLED AND FUSEE DRIVEN FAN POSSIBLY WAS AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE LIGHT BRIGHTER BY DRIVING AIR TO BURNER. MOVEMENT OPERATES BUT FAN NOW BOGS DOWN AND STOPS MOVEMENT. LOOKS LIKE MAY ONLY NEED CLEANING OR OILING. THE BURNER ALSO HAS PAT. DATES 1872 & 1873. GLOBE AND CHIMNEY ARE PROBABLY NOT ORIGINAL. NO MARKS ON MOVEMENT. GOOD CONDITION BUT OLD! SEARCHED INTERNET BUT COULD NOT FIND A REFERENCE TO THIS TYPE OF LAMP.

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