Original Complete Wild & Wessel Student Harvard Desk Oil Lamp Original W&w Shade

OFFERED HERE IS AN ORIGINAL UNTOUCHED EXAMPLE OF THE HEAVY CAST BRASS STUDENT LAMPS PRODUCED IN GERMANY BY WILD & WESSEL DURING THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. EXTREMELY HEAVY AND WELL MADE THESE LAMPS WERE USED AS READING LAMPS IN LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS BOTH IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES..

INDEED THEY ARE OFTEN CALLED HARVARD LAMPS DUE TO THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH HARVARD UNIVERSITY. THIS ONE HAS NEVER BEEN ELECTRIFIED OR POLISHED!!! AND HAS THE ORIGINAL CASED GLASS SHADE.

A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL LAMP IT IS IN TOTALLY ORIGINAL CONDITION BAR A FEW TINY FLEABITES TO THE FITTER EDGE OF THE SHADE AND ONE TINY SPLIT ON A SEAM ON THE BURNER.... IT SHOULD BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL WICK. IT STANDS 22 INCHES TALL. YOU CAN ALWAYS TALK TO ME USING THE RED DETAILS ABOVE! The item "ORIGINAL COMPLETE WILD & WESSEL STUDENT HARVARD DESK OIL LAMP ORIGINAL W&W SHADE" is in sale since Sunday, September 23, 2018. This item is in the category "Antiques\Antique Furniture\Lamps\Victorian (1837-1901)". The seller is "lampman64" and is located in Spalding. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Style: Victorian
Material: Glass
Original/Reproduction: Original
Product Type: Lamps
Age: 1800-1899