Posted 9 years ago
rl240z
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This is a "Table Lamp" that has Coast Guard origins, but no other markings. One unusual thing is that there is no external wick adjustment to the tubular wick. Any ideas what, when, where it was used?
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I have found this: United States Lighthouse Service table lamp with Rotating-Burner Wick Raiser and chimney c.1870 - 1900. The lamp was manufactured in the Third District Lamp Shop on Staten Island, measures 13" high. Lamp is marked "TABLE LAMP" on brass cartouche applied to side of tank. These lights were modifications of the Funck lamp design. The stand and the burner are the same as in a Funck 4th order lamp, the only thing different is the oil reservoir itself in that it has a different shape and holds less fuel than a lamp used inside a lens. These would have been used from about 1870 to 1905. This table Lamp with Rotating-Burner Wick Raiser is of the early style. Later versions incorporated a pinion wick raiser similar to today’s lamps. I have rarely seen this style Lighthouse Service lamp and have seen only one other in a museum. They were provided for keeper's house, and may have been used in the light tower watch room as well.