Center-draft Kerosene Lamps, 1884 - 1940, identifies over 165 brands of lamps and their manufacturers. The leaders, such as Bradley & Hubbard, Edward Miller, and Plume & Atwood, major manufacturers during the 1890s, are familiar names to collectors. However, Chicago Lamp, Craighead & Kintz, Hipwell Mfg., Meriden Bronze, Meyrose, Shaffer Lamp, and St. Louis Electric Co. also were important manufacturers of center-draft lamps found by collectors today. The book gives brief histories of 50 American companies, lists selected patents, and pictures representative lamps. Some 150 companies are linked in the book, beginning the exploration of the kerosene era of open-flame, center-draft lamps. 2008 values.
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Center-Draft Kerosene Lamps, 1844-1940 is a grand volume than truly brightens the field for collectors. A major reason is its more than 1,700 illustrations, many of which are from vintage advertisements and catalogs. For the curious, the book offers history of 50 histories of once profitable and prolific companies. It also provides over 165 brands of lamps and their specific manufacturers.
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J.W. 'Bill' Courter lives in western Kentucky where he enjoys gardening, grandkids, and great felines. He writes and published books about antique lighting: Aladdin: The Magic Name in Lamps, Aladdin Electric Lamps, The Aladdin Collectors Manuals, and Angle Lamps Collectors Manual & Price Guide. His newsletter for Aladdin collectors, The Mystic Light of the Aladdin Knights, is now in its 35th year. Bill is known to collectors as the Bright Knight.
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Nearly everything you need to know about Center-Draft Lamps,
This review is from: Center-Draft Kerosene Lamps, 1884-1940 (Identification and Value Guide) (Paperback)
The previous review can be taken with a grain of salt. With a little research this reviewer would have found out that 99% of center-draft kerosene lamps are made of metal. And that the books by Catherine Thuro cover glass kerosene lamps.
Also, note that this book does not cover Aladdin lamps manufactured by the Mantle Lamp company. These are covered in Courter's, Aladdin The Magic Name in Lamps. In Center-Draft Kerosene Lamps, Courter provides information on lamps made by dozens of companies. From the well known, i.e. Bradley and Hubbard, Edward Miller, Plume and Atwood, etc. to the obscure, Meriden Malleable Iron Company, S. Elwood May, etc. There is a history of each company with numerous picture of lamps. Actual lamps are shown and also pictures from old catalogs, trade magazines, newspaper ads, etc.. Also illustrated are the lamp parts, with illustrations of burners, flame spreaders, wick raiser knobs, oil fill covers, etc. Courter provides patent numbers and dates for these items. He also list the original finishes for the lamp. All valuable information if you are trying to determine if a lamp is authentic, or one that somebody stripped the finish from so it looks shiny, or one that is a hodge podge of borrowed parts. Finally, Courter provides average prices for many of the lamps. A great book.
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The definitive collectors book,
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This review is from: Center-Draft Kerosene Lamps, 1884-1940 (Identification and Value Guide) (Paperback)
This book is a must for people interested in this branch of lamp collecting. The history of the various companies that blossomed and died in that short era is fascinating. Well illustrated and produced
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Center draft lamps,
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This review is from: Center-Draft Kerosene Lamps, 1884-1940 (Identification and Value Guide) (Paperback)
We watch the PBS versions of Sherlock Holmes. Amazing the variety of really interesting lamps. I have only seen two center drafts in all the antique stores i have visited and those were incomplete. No globe or globe holder.
Catherine Thuro covers the glass lamps in total history and manufacture. My interest more than actually owning any. More clutter and who can afford the best. In the future i will buy this book, hopefully at Goodwill or from a store that does not know the value.
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