|
|
| |
|
|
Condition: restored - working
Manufacturer: Scoville
When we first purchased this lovely old Victorian banquet lamp, we couldn't figure out why it kept leaking lamp oil from somewhere under the base. After about the third fill up one of my helpers
toke the lamp completely apart and found the reason. It turns out that someone has at some point in time converted this gorgeous old oil lamp over to electric light. How long it remained that way I have no clue, but sometime later, the lamp was re-converted back over for oil use. Unfortunatley whoever did the work was not as careful as they should have been at applying sealant, because the leak we kept noticing under the base was a slow, steady drip from the rubber washer that was about half coated in sealant was leaking from the uncoated side and running down inside the base and out through the bottom.
The cherubs and the thumbprint font in this wonderful old cranberry color were just too nice not to fix, so after resealing the font and replacing several missing check rings, this beautiful old banquet lamp is once
again a working vintage oil lamp. The font is a full 6 inches across and sits atop a cast metal base that holds three cute little cherubs. The hand holding darlings are as cute as can be. Not even a few nicks and several little spots where some touch up paint was applied could detract from the charm of this great Victorian oil lamp. The lamp is roughtly 16 inches tall from base to the burner collar and is lit by a extremely nice
Scoville Queen Ann burner. The chimney is over 8 inches tall and has lots of swirls annd character, which is a testament to its old age and high quality.
A beautiful old lamp. Wouldn't you agree?
|
|
 |
|
|
|
