ANTIQUE VICTORIAN(C1880)MAPLE &Co OIL LAMP-DROP IN COPPER FONT-FINE ETCHED SHADE
AN ANTIQUE VICTORIAN MAPLE & Co OIL LAMP. THIS SPLENDID ALL ORIGINAL ANTIQUE VICTORIAN OIL LAMP STANDS ON AN ORNATE CAST METAL STAND WITH COPPER FITTINGS TO TAKE THE LOVELY DROP IN BRUSHED COPPER FONT WHICH HAS A BRASS BAYONET FITTING COLLAR. THE "DUPLEX" BURNER HAS AN EXTINGUISHER COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL PULL AND CONCENTRIC WINDING SHAFT, THE SINGLE THUMWHEEL IS MARKED "HINKS NO 2 DUPLEX" AND THE REAR KNURLED THUMBWHEEL IS STAMPED "MAPLE & CO". Maple & Co was first established by John Maple, a shopkeeper, Surrey, who later opened a furniture shop in Tottenham Court Road but it was his son, John Maple, who pushed Maples & Co to be such a huge success.
With his skills in business, by the 1880s they were the largest furniture store in the world as they exported their fine antique furniture to many different countries and were well known throughout the interiors world. 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 DIA - 8 (20CM).
FINISHED WITH AN ORIGINAL FINE ETCHED GLASS GLOBE SHADE WHICH LOOKS FANTASTIC WHEN ILLUMINATED. Get Images that Make Supersized Seem Small. Attention Sellers - Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva.The item "ANTIQUE VICTORIAN(C1880)MAPLE &Co OIL LAMP-DROP IN COPPER FONT-FINE ETCHED SHADE" is in sale since Monday, July 18, 2016. This item is in the category "Antiques\Antique Furniture\Lamps\Victorian (1837-1901)".
The seller is "antiquecranberrylighting" and is located in Warwick. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Product Type: Lamps
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Style: Art Deco
- Age: 1800-1899
- Material: Copper