Can anyone help me identify this piece I found recently? It's about 14 inches from top to bottom, appears to be copper (although the wear you can see on the shade puzzles me) and the centre steel post is actually a receptacle for oil or kerosene, and has a wick at the top. Lots of age wear inside from previous burnings and as you can see oxidization on the bottom. There are no marks on it whatsoever. I have pored through a dozen books and Rago catalogues trying to find something similar, but have come up empty. Any advice or help that can be offered would be hugely appreciated.

The base has elements that appear to be cast brass/bronze rather than copper. The shade appears to be spun metal. Perhaps brass plated iron. Have you tested the metal with a magnet?

Can we see an image without the shade or looking under the shade. I suspect it may be a torchiere for exterior use. Is the inside of the shade blackened. If it is an oil lamp it would need to have an opening in the top of the shade.

You may consider altering the size of your images before posting. It is difficult for folkes to have to span across the screen to see your image. It also is difficult to see all the image at the same time.

Thanks

I took the liberty of resizing the image per your comment, Fred. Thanks.

R.

Thank you so much for the image assist Fred. The shade does not detach from the base, and it is blackened inside from the burning of the oil or kerosene. There is a hole in the top of the shade, about 2 1/2 inches across. It does appear to be some kind of spun metal, because on the underside of the shade one can see faint concentric lines. A magnet sticks to the shade and the centre steel receptacle, but not the supports or base.

My gut feeling is that this fixture one was supported on a pole and was used outside on a lawn or memorial lawn. Just a guess. I don't believe it is from the Arts & Crafts Movement period.

Can it be lit? Is there a place to put the kerosene or oil?

Neat light!

Fred

Yes, the centre steel post (which is removeable) is actually a hollow well for putting the oil or kersene into. The wick comes out the top. I confess I haven't lit it yet, but I may do so soon. Thanks for your help. I picked this up at a recent auction for a couple of bucks and loved the form of it. thought it might be either a repro or from the arts and crafts era although parts of it did seem machine made. Scoured catalogues and researched for a few weeks and then finally thought the simplest solution would be to just ask the collectors!