This incredible piece would sit on a store counter--or maybe in a tavern. It contained a kerosene hurricane lamp--and an ingenious patent from a Charles Quick. https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US261762.pdf
Our piece contains most of its original paint and scrolling. It has been outfitted long ago with a light bulb socket--so the HOT that is built out inside the piece lights up when it is on.
When the power goes out in town, I light oil lamps and have felt the heat they produce. I know oil lamps were used by women to heat curling tongs and I imagine there were other ways people used the heat off the lamps in ingenious ways. I've never seen one of these before so I enjoyed this post. The rarity of the piece, the Uncle Sam graphics and the warmer's beautiful condition will certainly be of great interest and desire.
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