Hey All:
Got this last week at an auction in Missouri. It's a labeled Bradley & Hubbard oil lamp, 3 feet tall (including the shade and chimney) and 7" wide. Stylistically it has both aesthetic movement elements (the painted glass shade) and Belle Epoch/gilded age Neoclassicism (the rest of it). The burner and oil reservoir have not one but four dates: 1881, 1888, 1889, and 1890 so a ca. 1890 date for the lamp seems realistic enough. The materials are onyx, spelter, brass, glass, paint and gilt. It's heavy at around 10-12 pounds.
We know it's American, we know the date, but what about replacement value, assuming another one could be found?
Thanks!!
