colorless, bulb-form font with Vintage, acorn, and foliage band above a diagonal-notched ring, raised on a four-stepped square standard and base, wafer construction. Later brass No. 1 fine-line collar. Fitted with a brass double-tube fluid burner. Probably Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 10 7/8" H to top of collar, 3 1/2" SQ base. Circa 1830-1840.
Literature: Font parallels B & K II, fig. 2064; base as ibid, fig. 2019; engraving parallels ibid, fig. 2064.
Provenance: Property of Art & Kathy Green.
Condition
Very good overall condition, one upper step corner with a 1/4" annealing check, as made, next level with a shallow chip off one corner, base corners each with a few small chips/flakes. Burner with a slight bend to one tube, lacking chain and covers.