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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10567331, member: 76316"]It's 7" across the Y-burners, almost 12" tall; the cast-iron base is 4 1/4" diameter. One of the burner sleeves is marked: <i>Victor Crescent 3/4 FT.</i>, the other: <i>Colonial 3/4.</i> Victor has a screen (pic 6), Colonial has none. The Y-portion is a ceramic, which a hard steel point will not scratch.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll guess it was fueled by Coal Gas, or perhaps Natural Gas. Air is supplied to each of the 4 flame holes by 2 smaller angled orifices that meet just behind them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Eastlake motif on the barbed inlet valve tee suggests the age of the tool...but I'm not familiar enough with Eastlake to say more than mid to late 19th C, as a guess. What do y'all say about this thing? Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]530484[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530485[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530486[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530487[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530488[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530489[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530490[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530491[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530492[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530493[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10567331, member: 76316"]It's 7" across the Y-burners, almost 12" tall; the cast-iron base is 4 1/4" diameter. One of the burner sleeves is marked: [I]Victor Crescent 3/4 FT.[/I], the other: [I]Colonial 3/4.[/I] Victor has a screen (pic 6), Colonial has none. The Y-portion is a ceramic, which a hard steel point will not scratch. I'll guess it was fueled by Coal Gas, or perhaps Natural Gas. Air is supplied to each of the 4 flame holes by 2 smaller angled orifices that meet just behind them. The Eastlake motif on the barbed inlet valve tee suggests the age of the tool...but I'm not familiar enough with Eastlake to say more than mid to late 19th C, as a guess. What do y'all say about this thing? Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]530484[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530485[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530486[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530487[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530488[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530489[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530490[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530491[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530492[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]530493[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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