1890s RARE MINIATURE 5 FISHSCALE OIL LAMP WITH FROSTED FONT AMETHYST COMPLETE

Here's a rare antique original "Fishscale" pattern mini kerosene oil lamp made in the late 1890s in Findlay, Ohio.... Hollow fishscale stem with 6 sided base and frosted 6 sided font.... 10 1/4total height with burner & chimney.....

Original miniature brass Clinch On collar.... Original brass P&A MFG CO emb burner... Excellent shiny nice condition with only a couple tiny shallow chips on base edge. Original brass hardware in excellent working condition. The brass vented chimney holder just sits down on top of burner base for easy cleaning and lighting.....

THIS IS A FIXED PRICE LAMP FOR SALE IN MY STORE. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you for your business.... Your friendly fellow collector, Digger Dave Beeler. We stand proudly in support of our military men and women and their families. The beautiful amethyst or purple color of this glass is a result of the presence of manganese in the glass, which was a decolorizer to turn the glass clear. Glass that contains manganese, when exposed to ultraviolet rays of the sun or other sources of UV rays, causes the glass to turn amethyst. Some of my amethyst bottles and glass are purpled from years of exposure to natural sunlight.

Others have been purpled with the use of strong UV lights in a box. And some have been purpled by running them through a water sterilization plant, which is a safe and permanent process which does the same thing as many years of exposure to natural sunlight, except much faster. To those "purists" who falsely believe that glass cannot turn this deep amethyst color naturally, I could take you to places where bottles and glass have turned this same shade of purple from being in the sunlight for many years.

This item is in the category "Collectibles\Lamps, Lighting\Lamps". The seller is "diggerdaveb" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Size: Small
• Type: Oil Lamp
• Color: AMETHYST
• Brand: Antique
• Time Period Manufactured: 1850-1899
• Featured Refinements: Miniature Oil Lamp
• Material: Glass
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Power Source: Kerosene
• Antique: Yes

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