antique gas light Wall Sconce Lighting Coleman Wizard Nagel Lamp Fixture 1900's
antique gas lighting fixture Sconce component, specifically matching the burner arm and shade fitter configuration used in turn-of-the-century pressure gas or hollow-wire gasoline lighting systems.
Key Characteristics & Identification
Functional Parts: The fixture consists of a large metal shade fitter or reflector bell, a straight horizontal mixing tube/arm, a control valve with a ring loop (originally for a pull-chain or key), and a vertical gas intake pipe.
Historical Context: Manufactured roughly between 1900 and 1920, these parts were produced by prominent early lighting manufacturers such as the Wizard Nagel Chase Co., Pitner Gasoline Lighting Co., and Coleman.
Operation: These systems pressurized liquid fuel into a gas vapor, which traveled through narrow tubes to feed an inverted incandescent fabric mantle inside a glass shade
selling as pictured. 081926