Lot Essay
For similar forms, see Spears, p. 46, pl. 12; Lasansky, Redware, p. 51; and Garvan, p. 225, fig. 3.
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TWO EARTHENWARE LIGHTING DEVICES
PENNSYLVANIA, 19TH CENTURY
The first a stoneware spout lamp with bulbous body, circular lid and cylindrical spout above a conforming shaft on a circular dished base with applied strap handle; the second a redware fat lamp, the open pointed ovoid bowl above flaring molded support with applied strap handle on a dished circular base--6 ¼in. high the largest (2)
PENNSYLVANIA, 19TH CENTURY
The first a stoneware spout lamp with bulbous body, circular lid and cylindrical spout above a conforming shaft on a circular dished base with applied strap handle; the second a redware fat lamp, the open pointed ovoid bowl above flaring molded support with applied strap handle on a dished circular base--6 ¼in. high the largest (2)
Provenance
George and Kattie Peters, March 27, 1976, the earthenware lamp
Freeman and Company, Philadelphia, September 15, 1970, the stoneware lamp
Freeman and Company, Philadelphia, September 15, 1970, the stoneware lamp
Exhibited
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, The William Penn Memorial Museum, "Central Pennsylvania Redware Pottery, 1780 - 1904," June 15 - September 30, 1979