A PAIR OF AMERICAN CLASSICAL SINGLE LIGHT BRONZE ARGAND LAMPS, ATTRIBUTED TO CLARK, COIT AND CARGILL, NEW YORK, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, each with a rectangular columnar pedestal surmounted by an Ionic capital supporting a palm leaf banded stem issuing a curved reeded arm with reticulated scrolling bracket, ending in a shaped circular pendant ring suspending Colonial paired snowflake and blossom prisms, beneath a foliate detailed shade ring and chimney cage, fueled by a covered urn form font with a removable pierced pendant ring with two triangular bearded classical mask handles, above matching Colonial prisms centering a twist leaf fruiting finial, raised on a conforming scrolling footed base. Note: A virtually identical pair of Argand lamps differentiated only by their patination and glass bobêches, are illustrated in "19TH CENTURY ELEGANT LIGHTING, Argand, Sinumbra and Solar Lamps," by Gerald T. Gowitt, Schiffer Publishing, Pennsylvania, (C) 2002, page 221. Height: 21.00" Width: 12.75" Depth: 6.25"