Brass lamp ID [INDEX: Inadequate information]
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makers name/age
by Dana (pdwater.aol.com)
Posted: August 17, 1998 @ 10:30.
I recently purchased a lamp that has the following markings 18
followed by an o with the letter m inside the o,then 80. The lamp is
brass 18 in.tall give or take a few inches,it has a round base with
designs punched in(holes).The wick is round and the glass top is 8
inches tall or
so.
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On August 17, 1998 @ 12:21, Fil Graff, Guild Secretary (fgraff@comcast.net) 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 ::
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On August 24, 1998 @ 03:44, Lisa (chrish@cnw.com) 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