Valuable Antique Oil Lamp Identification

The simplest colonial oil lamps were iron saucers with one or two lips to hold the free floating wick.

Valuable antique oil lamp identification. Help and info ordering info mail order. Inspect your antique oil lamp from all sides looking for special markings signatures or other clues to the lamp s age and manufacturer. Shop for and learn about antique and vintage oil lamps. Antique victorian brass oil lamp.

Others count paintings from the 1800s and before. Note any dings scratches or other markings. An antique oil lamp later 19th century mark of hs with english import mark in french an urn form porcelain font of moulded shape with transferware meadow flower and bird designs upon a cream ground with brass mounts a frilled cup shape show 12 more like this. Outstanding antique victorian brass corinthian column oil lamp.

Oct 4 2016 it s easy to confuse antique styled oil lamps with genuine antique oil lamps. Midcentury hits include some of the lamp styles by stiffel louis poulsen george kovaks george nelson and jonathan adler. Markings for bigelow and kinnard kramer steuben bradley and hubbard stickley gorham wilkinson and jefferson also have high value. Use a magnifying glass to get a closer look.

Strict constructionists only consider works from the greek and roman empires to be antiques. Most early antique oil lamps were more functional than decorative and sometimes wasted oil. Oil lamps with more than two lips for wicks were called crusies chills or cressets. These may include stamps insignia or a manufacturers name near the wick winder button.

There are three prevailing opinions among art professionals on what constitutes an antique painting. Antique lamps showing identification by handel pairpoint tiffany pittsburgh pilabrasgo co duffner van briggle or fulper show a collectible lamp. Not all lamps list a maker but small clues such as a model number or a handwritten. And some believe antique to mean paintings that are 100 years and older.

There are several things to keep an eye out such as specific style for each century and if fixtures are glued on or attached to each other with plaster. But in the early 1700s the betty style oil lamp was created which was an improvement on older models featuring uncovered dishes that wasted oil and produced too much spoke. It s made of metals such as tin copper or bronze and has a pick on a chain to grasp a dropped oil wick. These classic lamps were similar to ones used by ancient greeks romans and assyrians.

Victorian 1837 1901 oil lamps. The betty style oil lamp was also designed to be hung up to light a room and was very popular among colonialists. An oil lamp is any vessel that holds oil and an absorbent wick and produces continuous heat or light.