George B. Carpenter - Marine Ships Motor Boat Lantern Light

Description: George B. Carpenter - Marine Ships Motor Boat Lantern Light – Vintage Antique - 1913 Marine Ships Motor Boat Lantern George B. Carpenter, Chicago Illinois Early 20th c – patent date of 1913 Measures 9” height, 5” diameter Galvanized metal and copper – original baffle / fin. Original makers badge. Original blue and red glass Fresnel type lens. Single wick burner. The light consists of a red port and blue starboard Fresnel lens combination. This lamp would have been mounted on the bridge or center of the boat. The single wick burner puts out a substantial amount of illumination making this an excellent navigation light used on river, harbor, and coastal vessels. Condition Very Good+++ overall condition (for a 100+ year old)…. Appears to be complete and all original. Very solid. Fine patina, attractive pattern to the galvanized surface. A very few bumps – fewer than commonly found. Ooriginal burner is present - shown in last photos. Please view photos. Geo. B. Carpenter & Co., est. 1840 Background – from the web Made in Chicago Museum Museum Artifact: Nautical Lantern, 1910s Made By: Geo. B. Carpenter & Company, 440 N. Wells St. [River North] “Navigation lamp” or “nautical lantern” would be the more distinguished terms, but according to the official 1917 catalogue of George B. Carpenter & Co., the beat-up brass relic pictured above was actually categorized as a “motor boat light,” with a more specific designation as the “No. 5 Combination Light.” It originally would have included two separate Fresnel lenses (like the kind in a lighthouse), one green and one red, separated by a removable front screen—all of which, unfortunately, are AWOL in our artifact. The interior has a single-wick kerosene configuration, and the “combination” aspect refers to illuminating both the port and starboard side of a boat. Early 20th century motor boat lights were part of a massive inventory of wholesale marine supplies that represented “the cornerstone of the Carpenter business,” according to the 1918 edition of Manufacturing and Wholesale Industries of Chicago. “There has always been a very definite link binding [Carpenter & Co.] to the maritime interests and to ‘the men who go down to the sea in ships.’ There is a good, old tarry smell which seems to permeate the various stockrooms, which suggests all sorts of romantic associations.” A rescue from an estate in far Northern Michigan... 082024

Price: 159.99 USD

Location: Farmington, Michigan

End Time: 2024-11-14T00:44:54.000Z

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