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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 26406, member: 44&quot;]This figural spelter oil lamp dates c1860s-1880s. I have several of them. I don&#039;t have this particular figure. At the moment we are on the road sooo don&#039;t have any of my lamp resources. We won&#039;t be home until late Sunday. Monday will be the soonest I can give you more info on this lamp. If home I probably could narrow down the time frame for you. I might be able to find it in one of the many reproduced oil lamp catalogs. Do not date this lamp or really most oil lamps by the burner, especially not a P &amp; A burner.&nbsp; It was common for burners&nbsp; to be replaced, changed periodically. Also it is a common practice today to replace burners with the oldest working burner one can find. P &amp; A burners were and are today the most common burners. They are still being produced today. One of the best way to date an oil lamp is by the collar. Usually oil lamp collars are original and different types were made and used at different times. A picture of the lamp at eye level would help on IDing. Many makers made these spelter figural lamps from Bradley &amp; Hubbard to Miller, Ives, etc... Following is a link to pics of a few of my mother&#039;s along with info on this type of lamp</p><p>The pics are all thumbnails</p><p><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~filearchives/lamps/spelter/spelterfiglamps.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://home.earthlink.net/~filearchives/lamps/spelter/spelterfiglamps.html" rel="nofollow">http://home.earthlink.net/~filearchives/lamps/spelter/spelterfiglamps.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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