✅ SOLVED How old are these two items?

[farmdump]

found these two pieces at the old farm dump.... will post more!

 

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[surf]

Hey farm dump,

I like that kerosene lamp. Might there be a manufacturer name or markings on it? Could range from the 1850's to 1950's. Is it brass?

Can't help on the stove leg.

Nice finds, sir.

 

[smokeythecat]

Both items were well used from at least the 1870's thru 1950's. I had a coal stove once with the same type leg made by Montgomery Wards. That was about a 1930 or 40's piece.

 

[farmdump]

Hi guys

surf the lamp says B@H on the cap and on the top it says patented July 1880.The stove leg unfortunately says nothing on it.

tomorrow I will post a pic of my biggest and best find yet. It seems that this farm dumped away mostly stove legs, doors, and lamps to. Smokey that may be true though. There is still handwriting on the wall in the barn from the 30's.... its pretty cool!

 

[Chug And Red]

Now That is sweet Dump Diving ( Not Dumpster Diving!! ) Great Find Keep Digging Chug

 

[farmdump]

I have some more pics for you guys to evaluate:





can you date them?

 

[surf]

surf the lamp says B@H on the cap and on the top it says patented July 1880.

Hey dump farmer,

I do believe that's Bradley & Hubbard.

" a brief historical profile of
The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co.

Certainly one of the most recognized names in lamps is Bradley and Hubbard. The company loosely began in 1852 in Meriden, Connecticut when Nathaniel and William Bradley, Orson and Chitten Hatch, and Walter Hubbard, formed Bradley, Hatch & Company. This incarnation of the company only manufactured clocks. The Hatch brothers sold their interest in the company in 1854 and it was renamed Bradley & Hubbard. Clocks remained the firm's primary product into the 1860's. In addition to their successful line of clocks, Bradley & Hubbard also produced a wide range of household items including match safes, call bells, andirons, urns, bookends, frames, desk accessories and vases.

Technological advances in drilling and refining crude oil in the late 1850's and early 1860's paved the way for the demise of whale oil as a lamp fuel. Soon after Colonel Edwin Drake struck oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania on August 27, 1859, Nathaniel Bradley saw an opportunity to capitalize on the future of this new fuel. Nathaniel's decision to produce an extensive line of kerosene burning lamps proved to be a wise business decision. Kerosene was soon to become a widely used, safe and relatively inexpensive lamp fuel." Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company - The Lampworks

 

[farmdump]

thanks for the info Surf!

What year do you think mine is from? It says 1880 on the top so maybe in the late 1880s- early 1890s? Thats is really cool that I would just find that at the dump site! Would the regular farmer use them or were they for people who made quite a bit at what they did back in the 1890s? It astonishes me that I would find it at a old farm dump.

Would you able to put a price on the lamp?

I think I found what the lamp is called. It was called a dragon lamp and was made in the 19th century. My lamp is missing the dragon holder on the side but the lamp below went for sale on Ebay for over $200.



do they look similar?

 

[surf]

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Hey fd,

I don't think your lamp was a dragon. Is there any evidence of a broken off part where the dragons might have been? All the dragon lamps that I found were shaped similar to these:

It looks to me as if it was a hanging lamp, and would have fit in a frame such as this:

Sorry, I'm not a good judge of "value" on something like this, though I'm sure it has some.

I'm staying tuned for that next great find...

 

[farmdump]

Thanks Surf

That info is great and the lamp that I have does look like the one on the bottom pic. I uploaded the stove door picture as promised. Please tell me what you think.

thanks, farmdump