$206
Colorless Free-blown and Pressed Glass Whale Oil Lamp, Germantown, (now part of Quincy), Massachusetts, c. 1810, the tapered font with twisted fluting, supported on a pressed glass base, whale oil drop burner, (minor chips on base skirt), ht. 8 1/4 in. Literature: Colonial Lighting by Arthur H. Hayward, 1962, Dover Publications, p.114, plate 81, #145.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-11-03