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Lot 4294

Four Antique Continental Brass Oil Lamps

Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Including a Dutch whale oil lamp, circa 1800, the upper removable oil reservoir with acorn finial, trefoil mount with copper rivets, and funnel form base (11 x 6 x 4 1/4 in.); (3) French oil lamps, mid-19th century, with waisted upper oil reservoir, baluster shaft and round turned base, the shortest marked "GARDON BREVETÉ SGDG" to the wick adjustment knob (9 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.), the larger two in similar form unmarked (largest 11 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.; shorter 10 x 4 x 4 in.).

From the Estate of the late Mr. John L. Stone and Mrs. Josephine T. Stone, Middlesex, North Carolina

Some minor denting commensurate with age and use; Dutch form with solder repair to base underside.