ANTIQUE VICTORIAN SOLAR CARBIDE BICYCLE CARRIAGE LAMP

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WE BRING YOU ONE FINE IMPECCABLY GREAT SHAPE SHAPE OLD BICYCLE/CARRIAGE LAMP FROM AROUND/ERA 1890's WITH ITS ORIGINAL UNTOUCHED PATINA ON NICKEL PLATED SURFACE. THIS OLD LAMP WILL SHINE LIKE NEW MONEY WITH A LITTLE POLISH BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO THE WINNING BIDDER. THIS LAMP HAS ONLY 1 minor DING THAT I COULD FIND THAT SHOULD PUSH OUT WITH LITTLE OR NO EASE AT ALL BUT THAT I WILL ALSO LEAVE UP TO THE WINNING BIDDER. THIS minor DING IS JUST THAT, VERY minor AND HARD TP PHOTOGRAPH BUT IT'S T SO I MENTIONED IT. MORE DAMAGE THAN THIS SHOULD BE EXPECTED FOR A USED OVER 100 YEAR OLD LAMP MAKING THIS ONE OF THE BETTER/HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER OLD CARBIDE LAMPS. I MUST STATE THAT THIS IS A VERY ABOVE AVERAGE LAMP FOR THE SHAPE IT'S IN. THE ORIGINAL FRONT LENS WHICH IS ACTUALY A MAGNIFYING GLASS IS INTACT AND 2 1/2" ACROSS WITH NO BREAKS, DAMAGE OR CRACKS . ALSO THE GLASS/JEWELED PRISM STYLE RED AND GREEN FACETED LENS ON LEFT AND RIGHT ARE LIKE THE REST OF THE GLASS ON LAMP IN WITHOUT FAULT SHAPE. ALL GLASS IS ORIGINAL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. RED/GREEN JEWELED SIDE LAMPS ARE APROX. 1 1/2" ACROSS. I OPENENED UP THE TANK TO SHOW ALL THREADED PIECES WORK AND NOTHING ON LAMP APPEARS TO BE SEIZED/FROZEN INCLUDING HINGED FRONT LENS FOR ACCESS TO LIGHTING WICK STILL WORKS FREELY/WITH EASE AND NOT BINDING. LAMP IS 6 3/4" TALL 5 1/4" WIDE AND 3 1/4" read more