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| Bertels II | W.B. BERTELS WILKES-BARRE, PA II - Tin face lamp, 2 1/2 in. tall to top of lid, lightly marked on font W.B. BERTELS WILKES-BARRE, PA, brass collar, unfired condition; ex-Henry Pohs collection (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 brass collar and short spout with the standard Bertels marking. See Johnson, Eureka # 10, pp 6-9) | |
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