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RARE WEAVER TIME Mini Oil LAMP , Cobalt Shade, S2-310
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RARE "Weaver Time Lamp " with Cobalt Beehive Shade The "Weaver Time Lamp", S2-310 About 8" tall to top of shade About 1 1/4" in diameter along most of the column; about 2 1/2" in diameter at widest point "Weaver Time Lamp" Rated "Rare" Manufacturer unknown; probably contemporary with Grand-Val's Time Lamp, Ca. 1881 Six-prong burner with round thumb wheel Base fluoresces under "black" lightExcellent condition Rated as the rarest of four similar time indicating lamps Background & History : T are four very similar time indicating lamps shown in our reference books (Frank & Ruth Smith's "Miniature Lamps", Ruth Smith's "Miniature Lamps II", Ann McDonald's "Evolution of the Night Lamp", Catherine Thuro's "Oil Lamps 3" and Marge Hulsebus' "Miniature Victorian Lamps"). The most frequently seen of these is the "Grand-Val's Pride of America Perfect Time indicating Lamp" shown in Figure 23 of "Miniature Lamps". The Grand-Val's variation of the lamp is rated as being "common" (see the note below on our use of words like "scarce" in eBay listings) and has been seen relatively often on eBay (we've recorded some 81 sightings of complete and undamaged examples of this lamp over the past 5 3/4 years). It was manufactured by the Bristol Brass & Lamp Company and advertised as early as April, 1881. A pre-cursor to the Grand Val's lamp was the original Grand-Val time indicating lamp manufactured by the L. E. Grand-Val company and advertised in January of 1881 (that lamp is shown in "Miniature Lamps II" in Figure 309; it is taller than S1-23 and has an embossed eagle on the back of the column) and is rated as being "scarce". We've recorded only two sightings of that lamp on eBay in the past 5 3/4 years. The third of these time lamps is shown in Figure 17 of Hulsebus' "Miniature Victorian Lamps"; it matches S1-23 in size, but has no markings other than the hour marks on the column. We believe it may have been an early proto-type of the Bristol Brass lamp (but that's just a guess). While H-17 lamp is rated as "scarce", we have not seen any examples of it on eBay. Finally, t is this lamp, the "Weaver Time Lamp" which is shown in "Miniature Lamps II" in Figure 310 and is rated as being "rare" (and we've recorded only one other example of this lamp on eBay in the same time frame). We could find no indication in our references of who the manufacturer of this lamp was (although one might guess that it was the Weaver (Glass? Lamp? Clock?) Company. All four variations of these lamps have hours marked on the column beginning at 8 (we assume that's PM) at the top and continuing on down through 12 (midnight) to 6 (AM) at the bottom (see the third and fourth photos). Acting as amateur archaeologists for a moment, perhaps these markings provide a little insight into life in the 1880s--8 PM must have been a common time at which people went to bed and 6 AM a typical rising time. The more frequently seen Pride of America Lamp and the lamp shown in Hulsebus are a bit shorter than the other two (6 1/2" tall as opposed to 8" tall) and a bit wider (about 1 1/2" in diameter at the main part of the column as opposed to 1 1/4"). The embossing on both of the Grand Val lamps is more complex than the embossing on this Weaver Time Lamp (this lamp simply has the numbers and the name "Weaver Time Lamp" embossed on it). Also, this Weaver lamp has a flattened panel on the front of the column on which the hours are embossed and it does not have any dashes marking the exact hour. [Interestingly, on page 19 of her book, McDonald shows a picture of one of the taller time lamps and identifies it as the original Grand-Val Time Lamp (S2-309); close inspection of the lamp in her photo, however, shows that the lamp pictured is actually a Weaver Time Lamp (the clues to this are the flattened panel on which the hours are marked and the lack of dashes indicating the prec...
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