Nineteen Early Lighting Items

Description:

Nineteen Early Lighting Items, America and Europe, 18th/19th century, including one brass and two small iron betty lamps, a tinned sheet iron betty lamp with stand, an iron cruisie lamp, a wrought iron lamp hanger, a tall iron hogscraper candlestick, a tinned iron push-up candlestick with large concave base, a wrought iron spiral courting candlestick on turned wooden base, a red- and black-painted wrought iron alpine candle holder, a configurated globe lantern, a black-painted tinned iron candlebox with two early dipped tallow candles, an oval firesteel, two wrought iron snuffers, a silver-plated snuffer, two brass dousing cones, and a tinned iron dousing cone, (imperfections),ht. to 14 in.
Estimate $400-600

Wear and oxidation as to be expected, the painted candle box has minor surface scratches.


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