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The Gill Lamp Brass.JPG - THE GILL LAMP BRASS - Hard to find all brass face lamp with double spout, marked on font THE GILL LAMP, manufactured by John D. Gill's Sons , Philipsburg, PA, beautiful lamp (The firm of John D. Gill's Sons has an unusual name in that the sons of John Gill, John Jr. and Robert, took their father's name for the business. John Gill died in 1890 but his sons started a business as a manufacturer of mining tools sometime around 1909 in Philipsburg, PA. They produced a variety of face and driver's wick lamps in tin, brass and copper and in both sloped side and milkcan shapes. Two markings were used for their lamps. The more common marking is THE GILL LAMP shown here in a sloped side model. The more scarce marking of JOHN D. GILL'S SONS in a STAR shield is shown elsewhere in the wick lamp photos. It is thought the firm left the wick lamp business sometime in the late 1910s. See Johnson, Eureka #6, pp 16-21)

The Gill Lamp Brass | THE GILL LAMP BRASS - Hard to find all brass face lamp with double spout, marked on font THE GILL LAMP, manufactured by John D. Gill's Sons , Philipsburg, PA, beautiful lamp (The firm of John D. Gill's Sons has an unusual name in that the sons of John Gill, John Jr. and Robert, took their father's name for the business. John Gill died in 1890 but his sons started a business as a manufacturer of mining tools sometime around 1909 in Philipsburg, PA. They produced a variety of face and driver's wick lamps in tin, brass and copper and in both sloped side and milkcan shapes. Two markings were used for their lamps. The more common marking is THE GILL LAMP shown here in a sloped side model. The more scarce marking of JOHN D. GILL'S SONS in a STAR shield is shown elsewhere in the wick lamp photos. It is thought the firm left the wick lamp business sometime in the late 1910s. See Johnson, Eureka #6, pp 16-21)

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