F. O. Dewey & Sons Tin & Glass Oil Lantern Vintage Railroad/Nautical Oil Lamp

Dewey & Sons Tin & Glass Oil Lantern Vintage Railroad/Nautical Oil Lamp. A simply beautiful unmolested F. Dewey oil lamp from the 1800's. It has a truly authentic patina and oxidation commensurate with age and is embossed with name and dates on the Glass as well as the wick hand le as shown. Francis Dewey was educated at Montpelier Academy, VT.

He moved to South Reading, now Wakefield, in 1841, where he worked for five years in the employ of Mr. Burrage Yale of Reading, Massachusetts sought to hire peddlers. " Francis is listed as a (tin) "peddler in the marriage registry for the city of Brighton, MA Aug. Upon leaving the employ of Yale, he moved to Brighton, MA and started his own business, F.

Dewey & Sons was located at 28 Canal and 29 Merrimac Streets in Boston, MA. His sons Edgar and Frank H. Francis is listed in American Silversmiths as a pewter smith and silver plater in Boston MA. Dewey & Sons went out of business in 1922. We use new & recycled quality packaging and boxes.

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