Oilwick Lamps/Bertel

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Bertel.JPG - W.B. BERTELS - Tin face lamp, brass collar, 1 5/8 in. base dia., 2 3/4 in. high, markedB. BERTEL diagonally on font, new mark? (William B. Bertels was a tinmaker in Wilkes-Barre, PA in business as early as 1873. By 1908, the firm was named W.B. Bertels & Sons, Inc. and produced wick lamps, caps, lunch buckets, cadgers and other tinware items. At least ten different models of Bertels lamps are known. The one shown here is a tin lamp with a taller brass collar and short spout with a diagonal W. B. Bertels marking (missing the W. and last s) not shown in the referenced article by Dave Johnson and perhaps a new marking. See Johnson, Eureka # 10, pp 6-9)

Bertel | W.B. BERTELS - Tin face lamp, brass collar, 1 5/8 in. base dia., 2 3/4 in. high, marked B. BERTEL diagonally on font, new mark? (William B. Bertels was a tinmaker in Wilkes-Barre, PA in business as early as 1873. By 1908, the firm was named W.B. Bertels & Sons, Inc. and produced wick lamps, caps, lunch buckets, cadgers and other tinware items. At least ten different models of Bertels lamps are known. The one shown here is a tin lamp with a taller brass collar and short spout with a diagonal W. B. Bertels marking (missing the W. and last s) not shown in the referenced article by Dave Johnson and perhaps a new marking. See Johnson, Eureka # 10, pp 6-9)

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