On August 17, 1998 @ 12:21, Fil Graff, Guild Secretary wrote:
Dana: 'Fraid that's a bit sketchy as a description to base an identification on! It seems you have a center draft lamp (round wick, perforated holes in foot to provide air passage)...there should be a clear air passage all the way through the font (kerosene reservoir) to the combustion area, which would likely have a flame spreader (thimble with disk atop or around it?) in the center draft tube. I don't recognize the "M in a circle with 1880" mark right off. Could be Edw. Miller, whose logo was an M with a fancy diamond-shaped surround. Where does the logo appear? Filler cap and flame spreader top are usual locations. Is there any marking atop the fount(in the flattish area around the burner)? The "glass top" is the chimney, and not necessarily key to identifying the lamp.
I'd guess the "1880" in the markings is part of the trademark, and not the lamps date! I'll go look at my spreader collection and see if I can do any better with positive ident.
:: Fil ::
- On August 24, 1998 @ 03:44, Lisa wrote:
  Hi Fil, I just recently got back from N. Idaho and went digging for my first time.... found a treasure, I think. I was up near Boulder City Ghost Town, and dug up an oil lantern. It has very thick glass, small, and is put in an old tin can of some kind, with cement... The name, Eagle is on the metal top part. I guess I'm wondering if the people used to do this so the lantern would not fall, and is there any posible way of getting something like this out of the old cement??? Looks like it is all in one piece. Curious Lisa

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