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   From: DouglasSteckel@rcn.com   
      
   Hello,   
      
   I am hoping that someone can help me identify the device in the picture   
   links below. I recently purchased this at an auction on Pennsylvania, USA.   
   It may be a lamp but someone suggested it may be a cigarette lighter for a   
   bar room since the globe has holes in it. It is marked Welsbach & Co. on the   
   side of one of the  pieces of linkage.  IT measures approximately 9 inches   
   without the globe and I think is meant to be hung. The globe is very thin   
   glass and very delicate. There is also a compression ring around the lamp   
   end housing which implies that an outer shade, globe of some kind may have   
   been used. If there is anything else that would help you identify the piece   
   please let me know.   
      
   http://users.rcn.com/douglassteckel/DSC02882.JPG   
   http://users.rcn.com/douglassteckel/DSC02884.JPG   
      
   Any help identifying this piece is GREATLY appreciated.   
      
   Thanks for your time.   
      
   Doug Steckel   
      
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