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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 79444, member: 44"]> Would any of you know if the design of the brass fitting in the middle was also widely used between them all or would they have been company specific? <</p><p><br /></p><p>That "brass fitting in the middle" is called a connector for it connects the font to the stem/base. Very few oil lamp makers made everything from the glass, brass fittings and bases/stems. Also very few of the makers of connectors are know. One example that made the whole lamp is Atterbury. They made fonts, bases and a connector. Do note they used many different connectors that they didn't make. The Atterbury brothers famous threaded screw socket connector patented in 1868 was used on lamps manufactured by Atterbury & Co. These screw connectors were used with peg fonts. Yours appears to be a peg font also. In 1891 Hobbs Glass Co. patented a screw socket connector after the Atterbury patent ran out. I have seen many lamps by different companies with your style of connector.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the Atterbury screw socket connector. Need to scroll down the page to see the pics:</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-LOTUS-Pattern-Kerosene-Oil-Lamp-Atterbury-Screw-Stem-Gem-Base-/360712014230?nma=true&si=%252F7vKWUJ4932E4vXXCHDoX1Wv%252F3I%253D&" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-LOTUS-Pattern-Kerosene-Oil-Lamp-Atterbury-Screw-Stem-Gem-Base-/360712014230?nma=true&si=%252F7vKWUJ4932E4vXXCHDoX1Wv%252F3I%253D&" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-LOTUS-Pattern-Kerosene-Oil-Lamp-Atterbury-Screw-Stem-Gem-Base-/360712014230?nma=true&si=%2F7vKWUJ4932E4vXXCHDoX1Wv%2F3I%3D&</a></p><p>orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an Atterbury lamp with the same type connector as on your lamp:</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/c1860-Atterbury-Style-Oil-Lamp-w-Black-Glass-Base-Ring-Punty-Star-/262001813683?hash=item3d008668b3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/c1860-Atterbury-Style-Oil-Lamp-w-Black-Glass-Base-Ring-Punty-Star-/262001813683?hash=item3d008668b3" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/c1860-Atterbury-Style-Oil-Lamp-w-Black-Glass-Base-Ring-Punty-Star-/262001813683?hash=item3d008668b3</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Sandwich glass books had pics of your style base/stem with similar connectors to yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were several bass companies that supplied the many lamp and/or glass companies with brass trimmings from burners to connectors. A couple of them were the Plume & Atwood Mfg. (P&A) and the Manhattan Brass Co. The majority of the brass mills/companies were located in Naugatuck Valley of Connecticut. Also there were lamp assembly companies that bought font, bases, brass fittings and burners from different companies.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just noticed that the link to other "Grape Band" glassware in my 1st reply doesn't go to where I thought it would. Here's another, hope it works.</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Bryce%27s+%22Grape+Band%22&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xglass+%22Grape+Band%22.TRS0&_nkw=glass+%22Grape+Band%22&_sacat=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Bryce%27s+%22Grape+Band%22&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xglass+%22Grape+Band%22.TRS0&_nkw=glass+%22Grape+Band%22&_sacat=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Bryce's+"Grape+Band"&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xglass+"Grape+Band".TRS0&_nkw=glass+"Grape+Band"&_sacat=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 79444, member: 44"]> Would any of you know if the design of the brass fitting in the middle was also widely used between them all or would they have been company specific? < That "brass fitting in the middle" is called a connector for it connects the font to the stem/base. Very few oil lamp makers made everything from the glass, brass fittings and bases/stems. Also very few of the makers of connectors are know. One example that made the whole lamp is Atterbury. They made fonts, bases and a connector. Do note they used many different connectors that they didn't make. The Atterbury brothers famous threaded screw socket connector patented in 1868 was used on lamps manufactured by Atterbury & Co. These screw connectors were used with peg fonts. Yours appears to be a peg font also. In 1891 Hobbs Glass Co. patented a screw socket connector after the Atterbury patent ran out. I have seen many lamps by different companies with your style of connector. Here is the Atterbury screw socket connector. Need to scroll down the page to see the pics: [URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-LOTUS-Pattern-Kerosene-Oil-Lamp-Atterbury-Screw-Stem-Gem-Base-/360712014230?nma=true&si=%252F7vKWUJ4932E4vXXCHDoX1Wv%252F3I%253D&']http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-LOTUS-Pattern-Kerosene-Oil-Lamp-Atterbury-Screw-Stem-Gem-Base-/360712014230?nma=true&si=%2F7vKWUJ4932E4vXXCHDoX1Wv%2F3I%3D&[/URL] orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Here is an Atterbury lamp with the same type connector as on your lamp: [URL]http://www.ebay.com/itm/c1860-Atterbury-Style-Oil-Lamp-w-Black-Glass-Base-Ring-Punty-Star-/262001813683?hash=item3d008668b3[/URL] The Sandwich glass books had pics of your style base/stem with similar connectors to yours. There were several bass companies that supplied the many lamp and/or glass companies with brass trimmings from burners to connectors. A couple of them were the Plume & Atwood Mfg. (P&A) and the Manhattan Brass Co. The majority of the brass mills/companies were located in Naugatuck Valley of Connecticut. Also there were lamp assembly companies that bought font, bases, brass fittings and burners from different companies. I just noticed that the link to other "Grape Band" glassware in my 1st reply doesn't go to where I thought it would. Here's another, hope it works. [URL]http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Bryce%27s+%22Grape+Band%22&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xglass+%22Grape+Band%22.TRS0&_nkw=glass+%22Grape+Band%22&_sacat=0[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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