Elevate your collection with this exquisite Victorian-era miniature font lamp featuring the desirable molded Blackberry pattern on its white opaque milk glass stepped base. Standing at 11.75 inches tall to the top of the burner and 4 inches wide at the square base, this charming lamp showcases a brilliant clear glass font with a deep-molded diamond thumbprint pattern. The font sits atop an elegant ribbed brass connector and an intricate milk glass base highlighting detailed fruit and leaf scroll corners. The brass collar holds a functioning burner with a thumbwheel patent-dated March 10, 1868. This piece is in wonderful antique condition with a clean profile, retaining its natural vintage patina. A fantastic find for advanced Victorian lighting collectors.

Origin: United States / American

Age: Circa 1868–1880

Material: Clear Blown-Molded Glass, Opaque White Milk Glass, Brass

Condition: Very good antique condition. Glass font and milk glass base are free of major cracks or chips, showing only minor age-commensurate wear. Brass components display a pleasing, untouched natural oxidation and dark vintage patina. Burner mechanism is intact with a legible patent date on the thumbwheel.

Reference

Book Title: Oil Lamps: The Kerosene Era in North America

Author: Catherine Thuro

Page Reference: Page 156 (illustrating the canonical milk glass Blackberry pattern base variants).

Weight of item: 2 lb  

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