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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 49230, member: 44&quot;]&gt;I went to the eye doc and found that I have cataracts, and glaucoma so the eyes are iffy at times&lt;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m so sorry. I can sympathize. I also have had cataract surgery that was not that successful because the cataract was very very unusual. 3 ophthalmologists think I was actual born with it because it was 1st discovered when I was 12 years old. They all say it may be possible to go back into that eye and double up on the implanted lens but that runs the risks of torn retina, etc.... Rather than risk all that, I&#039;m living with it. In the last 10 year another one is developing in my other eye. I noticed I messed up on the dates of some of those patents in my replies. I haven&#039;t time today to go back and check the sources for the dates. This is just a quick note to say your $3 estate find skater&#039;s lamp is just the burner, glass globe, and top air draft thingy. It is missing the font.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>1. Thuro&#039;s OL I, p. 57, f. g has a similar lantern</p><p>2. Thuro&#039;s OL 3, p. 215 has several pics of Manhattan Brass Co. small &quot;skater&#039;s,&quot; &quot;church going,&quot; small hurricane lanterns. They all seem to have patent info on the cones /air draft control, glass, bottom or thumbwheels. The is one similar to this one of yours.</p><p>3. The Smiths&#039; miniature lamps books are full of small brass lamps. Smith&#039;s Miniature Lamps II, pp. 36-41, have several of these small lanterns with a couple of them similar to yours in the shape of the glass globe/shade.</p><p><br /></p><p>&gt;any recommendations of other resources.&lt;</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Thuro&#039;s Oil Lamps books.</p><p>2. Smiths&#039; miniature lamp books</p><p>3. Hulsebus miniature lamp books</p><p>4. McDonald&#039;s <i>Evolution of the Night Lamp</i></p><p>5. Reproduced oil lamp catalogs</p><p>Follow is a line to the site I bought all my reproduced Oil lamp catalogs. It appears the site isn&#039;t selling them anymore, but there is a list of websites that and a listing of the catalogs.</p><p><a href="http://www.sirlampsalot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sirlampsalot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sirlampsalot.com/</a></p><p>6. Books or catalogs of Dietz lamps.</p><p>7. Get familiar with such oil lamp websites as</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; a. The International Guild of Lamp Researchers</p><p><a href="http://lampguild.org/index.php?QADefault.shtml&amp;1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://lampguild.org/index.php?QADefault.shtml&amp;1" rel="nofollow">http://lampguild.org/index.php?QADefault.shtml&amp;1</a></p><p><a href="http://lampguild.org/QandApage/index.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://lampguild.org/QandApage/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://lampguild.org/QandApage/index.php</a></p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; b. <a href="http://www.thelampworks.com/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thelampworks.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thelampworks.com/index.html</a></p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; c. <a href="http://www.collectlamps.com/index.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectlamps.com/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.collectlamps.com/index.htm</a></p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; d. <a href="http://lanternnet.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://lanternnet.com/" rel="nofollow">http://lanternnet.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Geee, the list goes on and on....</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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