AN ANTIQUE VICTORIAN "HINKS" GOLD PLATED COLUMN OIL LAMP. THIS SPLENDID ALL ORIGINAL ANTIQUE VICTORIAN HINKS COLUMN OIL LAMP STANDS ON A STEPPED GOLD PLATED CORINTHIAN COLUMN WITH A STUNNING SCREW FITTIN CUT GLASS FONT.
THE BAYONET FITTING BURNER IS A "DUPLEX" TWIN 1" WICK BURNER, WITH EXTINGUISHER AND CONCENTRIC WINDING SHAFT, WHICH HAS A BRASS THUMBWHEEL MARKED "HINKS No 2, IT HAS A FULLY WORKING RAISING LEVER WHICH ENABLES LIGHTING OF THE WICK WITHOUT REMOVING THE CHIMNEY. PH HINKS & SON OF 91-96 GREAT HAMPTON STREET & HOCKLEY STREET, BIRMINGHAM, WERE ESTABLISHED BEFORE 1865 AS JAMES HINKS & SON, THEY MADE MANY OIL LAMPS AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS & THEY PATENTED THE DUPLEX BURNER IN 1865.
BASE WIDTH - 6.5 (17CM). FINISHED WITH AN ORIGINAL FINE ETCHED TULIP SHADE(IN SUPER CONDITION).(INCLUDING AN ORIGINAL CRYSTAL GLASS FIREPROOF CHIMNEY STAMPED "GRIFFIN BRAND"). The item "ANTIQUE VICTORIAN (C1880) HINKS GOLD PLATED COLUMN OIL LAMP- ETCHED GLOBE SHADE" is in sale since Friday, December 09, 2016. This item is in the category "Antiques\Antique Furniture\Lamps\Victorian (1837-1901)". The seller is "antiquecranberrylighting" and is located in PERSHORE.
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