April 19, 2024
1840 Whale Oil Petticoat Hand Lamp Japanned Tin MaineFa
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Antique handmade cut, bent, soldered and japanned sheet iron tin forming a small whale oil "Petticoat" hand lamp with it's original burner, fuel cap, finger ring, tin candlestick peg and retaining a pleasingly well preserved original old dry japanned surface. New England , 1840, probably earlier. Guaranteed old and original; this is not a fake or reproduction. Actual weight 1/4 lbs. 2 1/2" diameter at the widest point of the font by 4 1/4" tall. Antique handmade cut, bent, soldered and japanned sheet iron tin forming a small whale oil "Petticoat" hand lamp with it's original burner, fuel cap, finger ring, tin candlestick peg and retaining a pleasingly well preserved original old dry japanned surface. See Hayward : COLONIAL LIGHTING Plate 17, #402 with descriptive text on pg. 33. Finding an old jewel like this is just a pleasure! We found this loose in the attic. SMALL SIZE and REMARKABLE ORIGINAL CONDITION of the japanning sets this apart right away. This is a whale oil lighting classic; the popularly titled "Petticoat" lamp. It is so named for the skirt at the base of the lamp that conceals a tapered tin peg. This skirt allow the small hand lamp to be sat down without fear of overturning. The concealed peg is to allow the lamp to be mounted in a candlestick like a peg lamp. We have photographed this lamp pegged into a candlestick
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