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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 2178590, member: 5170"][USER=27]@johnnycb09[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>These are oil reservoirs and burner assemblies for peg lamps. They are, in fact, designed to be placed into candlesticks. They probably date from the 1870s or 1880s. You can measure the radius where the crown is on top of the burner and buy glass chimneys of the same radius, 5 to 7 inches or so high, and place them in candlesticks to get that authentic effect. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>NICE PURCHASE. Matched pairs of these used to go for upwards of $1K or even more. Much cheaper now, but still.......[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 2178590, member: 5170"][USER=27]@johnnycb09[/USER] These are oil reservoirs and burner assemblies for peg lamps. They are, in fact, designed to be placed into candlesticks. They probably date from the 1870s or 1880s. You can measure the radius where the crown is on top of the burner and buy glass chimneys of the same radius, 5 to 7 inches or so high, and place them in candlesticks to get that authentic effect. :) NICE PURCHASE. Matched pairs of these used to go for upwards of $1K or even more. Much cheaper now, but still.......[/QUOTE]
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