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Van Liew 3a Patent
VL Lamp II RSide
VL Lamp II Hinge Side
VL Lamp II Back
VL Lamp II Marking
  VL Lamp II Inside Showing Copper Strip.JPG - VL LAMP II - Rare tin lamp with two tin discs at the end of the spout, discs are attached to a copper strip as shown in this pic running down the spout and across the base to heatsunshine fuel, marked on lid SMOKELESS V. L. LAMP + PAT. SEPT. 14, 09 – NOV. 30, 09,’ 2 1/4 in. high to lid, the wick is split at spout tip on either side of tin discs making replacement of the wick nearly impossible, patented by John Van Liew of Houghton, MI, the V. L. Lamp is one of the last patented oil wick lamps with a Mar. 17, 1914 date on the third patent (see Moon, Mining Artifact Collector #17, pp 16-18)  
Victor Wick Stick RSide
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VL Lamp II Inside Showing Copper Strip | VL LAMP II - Rare tin lamp with two tin discs at the end of the spout, discs are attached to a copper strip as shown in this pic running down the spout and across the base to heat sunshine fuel, marked on lid SMOKELESS V. L. LAMP + PAT. SEPT. 14, 09 – NOV. 30, 09,’ 2 1/4 in. high to lid, the wick is split at spout tip on either side of tin discs making replacement of the wick nearly impossible, patented by John Van Liew of Houghton, MI, the V. L. Lamp is one of the last patented oil wick lamps with a Mar. 17, 1914 date on the third patent (see Moon, Mining Artifact Collector #17, pp 16-18) Download Original Image
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