Camp kerosene lamp?

[batcap]

This came from an estate sale. I got two other items: a virtually worthless Hood's SARSA PARILLA bottle, and a Cohansey lid amber snuff jar (chipped). They were $3 each.

This thing looks like it's all business. It's small; I can wrap my fingers about 80% around it. There's no fancy globe for the flame. Also, the original (?) owner etched his name on it as if it was important or liable to get lost. I found two JH Woodens; one was a fellow being sued because a family member killed a couple in an auto accident in 1951, the other a guy who published a live-stock record in 1882 in Cimmarron, Kansas. Kind of a cowboy journalist.

So, Where did this thing come from? At what price should I start an ebay auction?

[gleaner1]

I think it's an alcohol lamp, used for chemistry lab work. Nice little piece. I cant help you on price, if I saw it at a yard sale for 3 bucks, I would buy it.

[Harry Pristis]

It IS an alcohol burner. You may want to check the names of local science teachers in the 1950s and 1960s for "Woodard."