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This Torch Lamp is an Eagle brand and therefore
manufactured by George Anton sometime after 1873 (Pohs,
Miners Flamelight book, P. 241). Similar examples of
this can be found on page 102 of Poh's Book. Like the
Gem lamp mentioned above, this lamp despite the layer of
surface rust, which can be removed, is an unfired oil
wick lamp. The inside of this lamp is beautiful, clean &
shiny and the seam solder is untouched. When I unscrewed
the cap a length of the original wick was inside as it
has been since it was made.
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Two examples of Gem brand Torch Lamps with very little
rust and about all of their black finish intact. As
mentioned earlier, I believe that the Gem Mfg. co was
the company that eventually took over Grier Bros. Circa
late 1800's early 1900's.
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This is the oil lamp wick found inside the unfired Eagle
torch Lamp. A whole industry sprouted up around the oil
wick lamps to make sure the supply of wicks for the
lamps was adequate.
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