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Adams & Co. No. 235 (OMN) oil lamp.

A new pickup—how could I say no?

Adams & Co. No. 235 (OMN) oil lamp.

Happy 4th. 🇺🇸

Happy 4th. 🇺🇸

If you found this in the wild, at a decent price, would you buy it? How old do you think it is? Reproduction?

Another recent Adams addition.

This one is an Adams & Co. No. 200 (OMN), also known as the Bradford pattern, displayed with a homemade floral arrangement. Like the No. 175 I shared earlier, I'd love to find an original flower setup for it someday.

Introduced in the 1880s and still a beautiful example of Adams glass.

https://www.eapgs.net/full-images.php?idx=250&pat=69

Picked up several new Adams lamps that I’m excited to share (and help feed Google with a little more information).

This one is an Adams & Co. No. 175 (OMN) lamp featuring a homemade floral arrangement. Would love to find some originals!

Introduced in the 1880’s.

https://www.eapgs.net/full-images.php?idx=80062&pat=7426

Welcome to this month's theme in r/uraniumglass!

This month's theme: If I Could Only Keep One...

Imagine you had to part with your entire collection and were only allowed to keep a single piece. Which one would survive the cut?

Would it be your rarest piece? Your most valuable? The one with the best glow? Or perhaps the piece with the most sentimental value—the one tied to a special memory, person, or adventure.

This theme is all about identifying the piece that means the most to you. The monthly theme is optional and does not replace regular posting.

To participate, simply create a new post and use the Monthly Theme 💚 flair.

When possible, include both non-glow and glow photos.

Suggested titles:

If I Could Only Keep One...
My Forever Piece...
The Last Piece I'd Let Go...
My Desert Island UG Piece...
etc.

Whether you own five pieces or five hundred, everyone has that one piece they couldn't imagine parting with.

Let's see it! 💚

Not sure I have seen these posted yet. Gifts for the nieces and nephews…

My wife had a few extra flowers left over from a project, so we pressed this Adams spooner into service as a vase. The flowers pair beautifully with the rich blue glass. I've always appreciated the color Adams achieved with these pieces. 💙

Grabbed an Adams Aquarius lamp just for fun.

Picked up a great double stand. Stayed in tonight to enjoy the glow.

King Glass Co. no. 24 (OMN).

Yet another King Glass Co no. 24 (OMN) post. Picked up this nifty little double font stand.

After trying just about every flat wick available from Amazon and the big box stores, I've found that most of them leave a lot to be desired. The quality simply isn't there.

For anyone looking for a reliable source, I highly recommend Fullers UK (sold through eBay). Their flat wicks burn beautifully, shipping to the U.S. is free, and they handle any duties or import fees that may apply.

Pictured are the sizes that arrived today:

3/8", 1/2", 5/8", 7/8", 1 1/16", 1 1/2", and 2 9/16". My 2 3/4" wick is expected to arrive tomorrow.

If you're in the market for quality wicks, they're definitely worth a look. As you can probably tell from the photos, I tend to buy in bulk. It's much more economical, and it ensures I always have the sizes I need on hand. I typically stock up once a year since I rotate lamps frequently and don't store them with fuel or wicks installed.

eBay link:

https://ebay.io/m/t4gx7T

Fullers also offers thicker wick options in multiple sizes for lanterns and other applications. Those aren't pictured here.

For Aladdin lamps, I usually buy my wicks and mantles from Lehman's or Imperial Lighting. For center draft lamps and other specialty wick needs, my go-to source is Miles Wick Shop.

Note: I am not affiliated with any of these companies. I simply appreciate quality wicks and wanted to share a source that has worked well for me.

Picked up this Mosser Elizabeth cake stand the other day and decided to snap a few photos of it alongside some other Mosser pieces we currently have out.

Mosser really made some beautiful Vaseline glass, and the glow never disappoints. 💚

This is a UG oil lamp made by Bartlett-Collins. The antique store had it priced at $300 and was firm on the price.

For comparison, I can buy the same lamp on eBay for considerably less. Looking at sold listings over the past 12 months, the average sale price is around $147.

So, I left it behind. I did not buy it. Yes, yet another example of an antique store pricing something too high. It’s not uncommon.

It got me thinking about "catch and release" posts in general.

I'm genuinely curious what others think. Do you enjoy these types of posts highlighting expensive retail prices or random shelves full of glass at a store? Are they educational? Fun? Interesting?

Rainy day but Mosser makes it a bit brighter. I believe this is their Elizabeth pattern. Will have to confirm. A nice find at a decent price.

A few random Vaseline pieces added to the mix. I think I recognize the creamer pattern and maker. 😀

King, Son & Co No. 24 (OMN) in Vaseline and Apple Green.

A very nice person 😀 borrowed some of my photos (again) and made a post on Facebook claiming they had just updated “their” cabinet with Waveform 365nm lights. A little strange. See pic 2.

Anyway, seeing that photo of our original cabinet and those first few pieces really made me realize how far we’ve come in just a couple of years. The addiction is definitely real. You can also see the shift from green glass to Vaseline. I have “a few” more oil lamps now and our trip to Finland was awesome for picking up some of our favorite RL pieces.

A fun journey.

We still stick to our one-cabinet rule…we just purchased a bigger cabinet (and have a lot stored away). 😀

I don’t buy many green oil lamps—or green glass in general—as I tend to focus on Vaseline pieces.

That said, I bought this lamp because I couldn’t identify it. I’m fairly certain it’s a Bartlett-Collins piece featuring the “Wedding Scroll” pattern, but I haven’t been able to find it in any catalogs.

The Bartlett-Collins No. 260 model appears to have changed over the years, but I haven’t found a catalog example that shows only a single row of scrolls like this one.

If anyone can help identify it—or, even better, provide a catalog reference—I’d really appreciate it. I have looked at all of the available BC catalogs from the West Virginia Glass Museum. 1928 and on…