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I. P. FRINK and M. B. CO [INDEX:Manhattan Brass Co.]

I. P. FRINK and M. B. CO [INDEX:Manhattan Brass Co.] by Nathan McKenzie
Posted: May 23, 1999 @ 10:09.
Hi again. I just picked this lamp up at a yard sale. It looks like a bracket or hanging lamp font but won't fit standard bracket baskets or rings. The bottom has a ridge as for a set screw, but it won't fit any of my four of that type of holder. It has a fancy embossed collar {#2} and oil fill, three raised rings like oil dams around the top, and around the sides in half inch capitol letters is I. P. FRINK - NEW YORK - 1887. Can you tell me if this is a maker, a business ad, or what? The burner, maybe not original, is a #2 gallery type with twist off gallery. It is marked - THE GRAND BURNER- M. B. CO. N. Y. on the wheel. Ive never heard of this. What can you tell me. Thank you so much for all the information you have given me. The guild website is a real treasure.

On May 23, 1999 @ 22:18, Fil Graff, Guild Secretary wrote:
Nathan: Name sounds familiar, but I don't see Frink on Leflet's Lighting Patent list. The burner is easier. M.B. Co N.Y. is Manhattan Brass Co. (maybe best know for the Student lamp). The "Grand" is one of those burners that has a minor gimmick to improve performance...a 1 5/8" wick that has to be curved to fit through the collar, but gives more light than a normal flat wick of its size (no kidding...wider wick, more light!) It could well have come with the lamp. :: Fil Graff ::