Oilwick Lamps/Spry Marking

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Spry Marking.JPG - SPRY - Tin drivers lamp, lightly marked F. E. SPRY PLYMOUTH PA on tapered font, base dia. 2 1/8 in. tapering to 1 3/4 in. dia. at shoulder, 3 in. high to lid withlarge single 4 in. spout tapering to 7/8 in. dia. at tip, unfired cond., ex-Bob Guthrie collection with OL-231 marking on bottom (The Spry wick lamps are thought to be made by W. B. Bertels, a tinmaker in Wilkes-Barre, PA in business as early as 1873, and privately labeled F. E. Spry Plymouth, PA. F. E. Spry was a well-known plumbing and hardware business located on Main Street in Plymouth, PA from the 1860s to the turn of the century. Frederick E. Spry was born in Whitsone, Cornwall, England in 1838 and emigrated to the U.S. as a youth. He was a resident and one of the original petitioners that incorporated the Borough of Plymouth in PA on April 23, 1866. He married Jane Fear in 1862 and fathered 4 children, 2 sons and 2 daughters. His oldest son, Josiah F. Spry who was born in 1863, joined him in the business and the company was renamed F. E. Spry and Son Hardware. The Spry lamps are thought to have been made prior to the company renaming in the mid-1880s. Frederick retired from the business in 1900, the same year his son Josiah unexpectedly died. In 1907 Stanley Davenport purchased the business and became the proprietor of the Spry Hardware store. Frederick Spry died ca. 1930.)

Spry Marking | SPRY - Tin drivers lamp, lightly marked F. E. SPRY PLYMOUTH PA on tapered font, base dia. 2 1/8 in. tapering to 1 3/4 in. dia. at shoulder, 3 in. high to lid with large single 4 in. spout tapering to 7/8 in. dia. at tip, unfired cond., ex-Bob Guthrie collection with OL-231 marking on bottom (The Spry wick lamps are thought to be made by W. B. Bertels, a tinmaker in Wilkes-Barre, PA in business as early as 1873, and privately labeled F. E. Spry Plymouth, PA. F. E. Spry was a well-known plumbing and hardware business located on Main Street in Plymouth, PA from the 1860s to the turn of the century. Frederick E. Spry was born in Whitsone, Cornwall, England in 1838 and emigrated to the U.S. as a youth. He was a resident and one of the original petitioners that incorporated the Borough of Plymouth in PA on April 23, 1866. He married Jane Fear in 1862 and fathered 4 children, 2 sons and 2 daughters. His oldest son, Josiah F. Spry who was born in 1863, joined him in the business and the company was renamed F. E. Spry and Son Hardware. The Spry lamps are thought to have been made prior to the company renaming in the mid-1880s. Frederick retired from the business in 1900, the same year his son Josiah unexpectedly died. In 1907 Stanley Davenport purchased the business and became the proprietor of the Spry Hardware store. Frederick Spry died ca. 1930.)

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