20″ CIRCA 1920’s VINTAGE LARGE ORIGINAL BRASS U.K BUOY LIGHT STILL WITH ORIGINAL PAINT & ORIGINAL GAS LIGHTING CONTROL
This vintage brass buoy light is 21.25″ high, 12.5″ wide at its base. Weighs 37 pounds. The brass I.D. tag reads: “Type LB 87-150. Serial No: SW0584.” The Fresnel lens is in good condition, with some chips in the glass but no breaks. Inside the Fresnel lens a yellow caution light is suspended from clips. The top of the brass body is painted red with gold letters: I.D.: SW 594. This beauty burned acetylene gas in its active buoy light days between WW I and WW II.