Can anyone tell me what this is

[Angela24k]

Does anyone have any idea what this is. It's brass and pretty heavy. The glass on the inside is very thick. This is all one piece. nothing comes off. Nothing screws off. There are no holes. There is only the one door that opens to this solid piece.

[Angela24k]

I just found out what it is. It's a carriage/buggy lamp. I see them on ebay.

[mart]

Indeed it is !! Was just about to hit the "reply" to answer  !!

[KC]

Yep...ya beat me to it as well!

[sugarcube5419]

good morning,

I took an interest in this as my daughter posted a carriage light on here previously--she has invested much time, trying to determine its origination, her searches sent her to the American Miners Assoc. who sent it to their historian who wrote back that due to a name being on it and the shape it was a carriage lamp.

He thought the owner may have been quite prestigious and so wrote their name on their carriage lamps...

Upon googling the name, H. Clark only one kept coming up-Hughette Clark....

She then wrote and sent pictures to Christy's Auction House, who are having an auction of H.Clark's things, and now it is being researched by Christy's to see if it did indeed belong to her

All started from a day's shopping at goodwill

and so I hope you wish her luck!

[Ipcress]

I thought we'd established who that was by, Sugarcube ?

And do you mean Huguette ?

[sugarcube5419]

Hello Ipcress--

I was hoping you'd stop by-her quest took her from carriage light which you thought right but she was told it was not a carriage light by a museum, I must ask her the name of the historian and place-which sent her to the american miners association who had an H. Clark who did lighting for miners.  The miners association sent her to christy's   And Christy's is seeing if it was from hughette clark's carriage.

[Angela24k]

Perhaps someone can answer this question. All the buggy lamps that I have seen on ebay have a hole in the bottom of the box with a wick coming out. I understand these lamps were lit. But mine has a flat bottom. This makes me think it was altered for some reason. The plate on the bottom does not come out. It's also aged which leads me to believe that IF it had been altered, it was done long time ago. My question is, does anyone have any idea's why there is a plate inside instead of the usual hole for the wick?

[sugarcube5419]

yours could be a miners lamp

[cogar]

My question is, does anyone have any idea's why there is a plate inside instead of the usual hole for the wick?

The simple answer is that its light source is not kerosene. No kerosene, no wick needed.

  Candles come with a "built-in" wick.

Check this one out, to wit:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Metal-Brass-Accent-Early-Automobile-Wagon-Carriage-Candle-Lamp-Lantern-/151154513398

[Ipcress]

Hello Ipcress--

I was hoping you'd stop by-her quest took her from carriage light which you thought right but she was told it was not a carriage light by a museum, I must ask her the name of the historian and place-which sent her to the american miners association who had an H. Clark who did lighting for miners.  The miners association sent her to christy's   And Christy's is seeing if it was from hughette clark's carriage.

Seems like a stretch from Christies - H Clark on a carriage lamp = the personal carriage of Huguette Clark.

Unless they have seen an indentical example with impeccable provenance. I'll have to check the original thread for the images.