Antique Oil Lamp Burner Identification
The whale oil burner commonly consists of one or two tubes made of tin set in a base of brass tin or pewter.
Antique oil lamp burner identification. There are many parts to an oil lamp including the chimney burner font and wick. Oil lamp maker s marks are usually to be seen on the wick winder button and occasionally elsewhere. 1 how fonts and bases are joined. Founts chimneys and shades may have been made by others.
Help and info ordering info mail order. Two antique brass fuel lamps juno and aladdin early 20th century usa and sydney the lamps raised on pedestal spreading bases the burner mechanisms with makers names and patent details to the dials glass chimneys and matching but later. There were different types of oil lamps in the 1800s and early 1900s such as argand lamps which used a flat wick and a central air tube for efficient burning. There were oil lamps that used round wicks and a chimney which supplied air to the.
Antique lamps have a metal fitting collar that screws into the burner a metal font to base connection and metal fitting holes where the oil is poured into. Inspect your antique oil lamp from all sides looking for special markings signatures or other clues to the lamp s age and manufacturer. These were made by the specialists for use in lamps made by themselves and also sold for use by others. A real antique lamp also has hardware that is attached to the lamp with plaster.
These may include stamps insignia or a manufacturers name near the wick winder button. Lamp parts new burners parts accessories for aladdin lamps no name parts for aladdin lamps burners wicks chimneys for oil lamps misc lamp parts for oil lamps kerosene heaters and heater parts parts for kerosene refrigerators parts for lanterns vintage antique fonts hl parts old parts aladdin old parts misc coleman lamp lantern parts. Whale oil burners characteristically have a large portion of the wick tube that extends downward into the oil fount. A name on the button identifies the maker of the vital lamp burner.
Oil lamp burners these high quality solid brass oil lamp burners easily screw into oil lamp collars and come complete with a wick. Parts of oil lamps. They may be threaded designed to screw into collars or to drop in usually on a tin and or cork disk. Remember to avoid a fire hazard never leave a burning oil lamp unattended and use lamp oil only intended for this purpose.