Antique Oil Lamp
One time a need for lighting, antique oil lamps today are used for decoration.
If you wish to possess a easy however creative atmosphere within your own home attempt to enhance suites along with an antique oil lamp.
An antique oil lamps is usually considered to be just about the actual most eye-catching memorabilia particularly if may have this inside your back garden.
History of Oil Lamps
By Nancy E. Brown
Oil lamps are a wonderful way to light your evenings. They bring a nostalgic feel to any setting. They are used in log cabins, historical sites, lodges, hotels, museums, and of course private residences. They bring the past to life, and are wonderful if the power goes out.
For ancient man, torches, candles, and crude lamps restricted their activities to daylight hours. It became necessary to try to light the darkness. Oil lamps have been around since ancient man used hollowed out stones, or seashells filled with animal fats or pine pitch to light the darkness. The word lamp is derived from the Greek word lampas, meaning torch. As time passed the oil lamp evolved from bowl to saucer shaped with a nozzle or spout which held the wick.
In the time of the Greeks and Romans, lamps were often made of terra cotta, or clay, and used olive oil or animal fats. The Romans probably made the oil lamp the first mass produced object in history. Lamps were also made of bronze, stone, and alabaster, and were often elaborately decorated.
Oil lamp design did not change significantly until the 1700's when Swiss chemist, Aime Argand, invented a lamp using a round burner, and a circular wick. Flame was also enhanced by the use of a glass chimney, which protected the flame and controlled the air flow. Lamp oil also evolved. Early fuels included animal fats, pine pitch, olive oil, and beeswax. Whale oil was a common source of lamp oil until the early 1800's when whales became scarcer, and whale oil became very expensive. [..Read More..]
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***** BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE GLASS OIL/KEROSENE LAMP "PARLOR SIZE" ***** | ![]() |
0 Bid | US $19.99 | 21m |
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ANTIQUE ATLANTIC AIR PILOT CLEAR GLOBE LANTERN OIL LAMP BEAUTIFUL WORKING | ![]() |
0 Bid | US $19.99 | 32m |
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Victorian Style Metal Wall "Plant Stand" or "Oil Lamp" Stand - Antique? | ![]() |
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0 Bid | US $25.00 | 1h 36m |
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US $35.00 | 1h 37m |
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1 Bid | US $71.10 | 1h 44m |
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0 Bid | US $24.00 | 1h 45m |
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0 Bid | US $394.98 | 2h 9m |
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US $21.99 | 2h 11m |
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US $50.00 | 3h 20m |
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7 Bids | US $52.51 | 3h 24m |
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0 Bid | US $.99 | 3h 33m |
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0 Bid | US $9.99 | 3h 48m |
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1 Bid | US $9.99 | 4h 1m |
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0 Bid | US $70.00 | 4h 3m |
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0 Bid | US $16.99 | 4h 20m |
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0 Bid | US $19.99 | 4h 27m |
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US $139.25 | 4h 28m |
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US $74.95 | 4h 56m |
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US $9.99 | 5h 30m |
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0 Bid | US $50.00 | 5h 55m |
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1 Bid | US $9.99 | 6h 10m |
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1 Bid | US $29.95 | 6h 16m |
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0 Bid | US $9.99 | 6h 24m |
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0 Bid | US $25.00 | 6h 25m |
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ANTIQUE OIL LAMP SHADE | ![]() |
0 Bid | US $9.99 | 6h 27m |
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Antique Oil/Kerosene Lamp Font for Peg Bracket Star Pattern 1875 | ![]() |
1 Bid | US $19.99 | 6h 28m |
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0 Bid | US $9.99 | 6h 35m |
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Antique Brass Bicycle oil Lamp Majestic Made in the U.S.A By E D W Miller&CO | ![]() |
0 Bid | US $85.99 | 6h 37m |
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ANTIQUE BRADLEY AND HUBBARD BANQUET KEROSENE OIL LAMP WITH LIONS B&H | ![]() |
0 Bid | US $300.00 | 6h 42m |
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Mammoth Antique Oil or Kerosene Lamp Brass or Bronze Burner No Reserve | ![]() |
0 Bid | US $9.99 | 6h 43m |
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0 Bid | US $25.00 | 6h 49m |
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6 Bids | US $25.00 | 6h 51m |
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0 Bid | US $59.00 | 7h |
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0 Bid | US $8.99 | 7h 2m |
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ANTIQUE 900 SILVER WHALE OIL LAMP | ![]() |
1 Bid | US $80.00 | 7h 2m |
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2 Bids | US $10.50 | 7h 2m |
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11 Bids | US $46.87 | 7h 3m |
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Antique Princess Feather Oil Lamp Complete Burner Chimney | ![]() |
1 Bid | US $34.99 | 7h 3m |
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Antique Oil Lamp Small Queen Anne Mantle | ![]() |
2 Bids | US $3.24 | 7h 3m |
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0 Bid | US $75.00 | 7h 3m |
In the mid 1800's a process was developed for converting coal into coal oil. The product was called kerosene. The early process was less expensive than whale oil, but smoked, and had a disagreeable odor. The process has since been refined, and the cleaner oils used today have virtually no smell and smoke. In the 1850's a process was patented to distill a lubricant call Paraffin oil, which is a petroleum derivative.
Lamp evolution and the search for cleaner burning fuels continued into the 1800's and developed most of the lamps we recognize today. Of course the introduction of electricity in the late 1800's slowly reduced the use of oil and oil lamps as a main source of light. That doesn't mean the production of oil lamps stopped after the widespread use of electricity. Oil lamps remain very popular today, and are still a major source of light in less developed parts of the world.
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