AMERICAN PETTICOAT LAMP
THIS 5 ½” TALL, UNMARKED LAMP, CIRCA 1840 HAS A PETTICOAT BASE COVERING A HOLLOW TUBE. THIS TYPE OF LAMP WAS USED IN A CANDLESTICK RATHER THAN BURNING A CANDLE. THIS LAMP HAS A CYLINDER FONT WITH A HOLLOW SCROLL HANDLE. IT IS FITTED WITH A TWO-TUBE BURNING FLUID BURNER AND ITS ORIGINAL SNUFFER CAPS (SINCE BURNING FLUID WAS MORE VOLATILE IT TENDED TO EVAPORATE). LONGER TUBES OF BRASS KEPT THE FLAME FARTHER AWAY FROM THE FONT, REDUCING THE CHANCE FOR FIRE. THE CONDITION OF THE LAMP IS NEAR MINT.