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![IMG_2155.JPG - ZWEIG OILWICK CANISTER AND FLASK - Patented tin oilwick lamp canister and flask, patented by John Zweig of Bellaire, Ohio as No. 518,203 and awarded as a miner’s flask on April 10, 1894, marked PAT. APPLIED FOR on top next to a match striker, canister has three compartments for an oilwick lamp, matches and wick and includes a capped oil flask, has three rows of embossed hand-grip bumps around bottom, includes a small unfired face lamp marked Geo Anton Monongahela City Washington Co. PA in a STAR shield with Eagle Trade Mark, lamp is 1 7/8 in. tall to lid, 1 9/16 in. base dia., standing 2 1/2 in. high to tip of spout, canister is 4 1/4 in. wide, 1 3/4 in. across at widest part and 4 3/4 in. tall to lid, rare canister, ex-John Podgurski collection [John T. Zweig filed his patent for an “improved flask for miners’ use by which his lamp and wick, matches and oil enough for an entire day’s consumption may be conveniently carried about his person” on April 20, 1893. Patent No. 518,203 was awarded to Zweig of Bellaire, OH on April 19, 1894 with one-half assigned to Harry Venison also of Bellaire. Zweig was born on Feb. 10, 1853 in Wheeling, WV, the son of German immigrant parents. Sometime prior to 1900, he moved just across the Ohio River from Wheeling to Bellaire. He shows up in the 1900 census as living in Bellaire with his wife and child working as a tinsmith. Little is known of his life prior to filing his patent. The 1920 census shows Zweig still living in Bellaire and working as a furniture dealer. He died on May 4, 1928 and is buried in Bellaire. The rarity of his flask likely indicates his invention was not popular with miners since so few are known in collections. Perhaps the very small size of the wick lamp that is required to fit in the flask compartment discouraged most face lamps of the day from being included.]](IMG_2155.JPG) |
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| IMG 2155 | ZWEIG OILWICK CANISTER AND FLASK - Patented tin oilwick lamp canister and flask, patented by John Zweig of Bellaire, Ohio as No. 518,203 and awarded as a miner’s flask on April 10, 1894, marked PAT. APPLIED FOR on top next to a match striker, canister has three compartments for an oilwick lamp, matches and wick and includes a capped oil flask, has three rows of embossed hand-grip bumps around bottom, includes a small unfired face lamp marked Geo Anton Monongahela City Washington Co. PA in a STAR shield with Eagle Trade Mark, lamp is 1 7/8 in. tall to lid, 1 9/16 in. base dia., standing 2 1/2 in. high to tip of spout, canister is 4 1/4 in. wide, 1 3/4 in. across at widest part and 4 3/4 in. tall to lid, rare canister, ex-John Podgurski collection [John T. Zweig filed his patent for an “improved flask for miners’ use by which his lamp and wick, matches and oil enough for an entire day’s consumption may be conveniently carried about his person” on April 20, 1893. Patent No. 518,203 was awarded to Zweig of Bellaire, OH on April 19, 1894 with one-half assigned to Harry Venison also of Bellaire. Zweig was born on Feb. 10, 1853 in Wheeling, WV, the son of German immigrant parents. Sometime prior to 1900, he moved just across the Ohio River from Wheeling to Bellaire. He shows up in the 1900 census as living in Bellaire with his wife and child working as a tinsmith. Little is known of his life prior to filing his patent. The 1920 census shows Zweig still living in Bellaire and working as a furniture dealer. He died on May 4, 1928 and is buried in Bellaire. The rarity of his flask likely indicates his invention was not popular with miners since so few are known in collections. Perhaps the very small size of the wick lamp that is required to fit in the flask compartment discouraged most face lamps of the day from being included.] |  Original Image |
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