Vintage P&A Eagle Burner Pedestal Finger Oil Lamp

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This is a lovely Vintage P&A Eagle Burner Pedestal Finger Oil Lamp from the 1950's. The clear glass oil lamp has a decorative beaded chimney with a fluted pedestal finger base. From the top of the chimney to the bottom of the base the P&A Eagle Burner Pedestal Finger Oil Lamp measures, 16.50 inches H X 08.00 inches W X 06.00 inches D. The brass burner is marked, Eagle, and the thumbnail is inscribed, Made in USA, P & A Dorset Div, Thomaston Conn.

The Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company was organized in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1869, under the name, Holmes, Booth and Atwood. Soon after its formation the firm bought some brass mills in Thomaston and Waterbury. Due to a legal battle over the name they incorporated in 1880 under Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company, producing a full line of lamps and lamp trimmings for their company and also other manufacturers. From 1871 to 1912 the company was listed as the assignee for at east 62 lighting patents. They relocated to Thomaston, Connecticut in 1955, remaining there until the late 1950’s, when Risdon Manufacturing Company of Danbury, Connecticut took over. Risdon continued to produce P&A burners well into the 1960’s. Landers, Frary & Clark, from New Britain, Connecticut bought the fabricating division of P&A, which was subsequently purchased by the J. W. Williams Company, New York. General Electric Company’s Housewares Division acquired J. W. Williams in 1965.

Item Details

Reference #:
S395A
Quantity
1
Category
Furniture & Furnishings
SubCategory
Lighting
Department
Antiques (approx100yrs)
Year
circa 1955
Dimensions
(Width x Height X Depth)
8.00 x 16.50 x
Weight
Unknown
Condition
Used
Material
Glass & Brass