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Sirlampsalot Publications

Vol. 3 - Four  Victorian Kerosene Lighting Catalogs

Vol. 2 - Five Early Victorian Kerosene Lighting Catalogs

Vol. 1 - 1883 Bradley and Hubbard Lamp Catalog

Volume Cover
 

Front Cover of Volume 3 - Five Early Victorian Kerosene Catalogs

Front Cover of Volume 2 - Five Early Victorian Kerosene Catalogs

Time period 1885 to 1894 1868 to 1885 1883
Number of pages 248 (12 in color) 220 (60 in color) 248
Number of lamps and parts 750 420 600
Price Guide yes yes yes
Company information and ephemera yes yes yes
Companies  
Bradley and Hubbard yes (some) yes (many links) exclusively B&H
J. C. Ives   yes  
Tucker   yes yes (B&H acquired Tucker lamp patterns)
Manhattan Brass   yes  
Union Glass   yes yes (made glass parts for B&H)
Adams & Co. yes    
E. Miller (and Rochester) yes    
George Bennett (New York) yes    
Pitkin and Brooks (Chicago) yes    
Other Glass Lamp manufacturers (Hobbs, Findlay, Fostoria, Riverside, US Glass and others) yes    
Types of Lamps  
Cast Iron Frame Hanging (includes chandeliers, hall, parlour lamps) yes yes yes
Cast Iron Bracket yes yes yes
Cast Iron Table   yes yes
Cast Iron Figural   yes yes
Stand Lamps yes yes yes
Brass Frame Hanging (includes chandeliers, hall, parlour lamps) yes    
Brass Bracket yes    
Brass Table yes    
Brass Figural yes    
Brass Table yes    
Brass Piano yes    
Flat wick Lamps yes yes yes
Round wick Lamps yes yes (student lamps)  
Lamp parts (burners, chimneys, shades, smoke bells) yes yes (especially Ives) yes (shown on lamps)
Lamp parts for bracket and hanging lamps yes yes yes
Lanterns yes    
Pressed Glass table and finger lamps yes yes  
Student Lamps yes yes (Manhattan Brass Perfection Student Lamps and Tucker)  
Cigar lighters yes   yes
Misc. (bells, clocks, sewing bird, spoons, tables, etc.) yes yes yes