Oil Lamp
Oil Lamp
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 FRENCH CHOISY DE ROI FAIENCE VASE WITH GILT MOUNTING  US $300.00
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 ESTATE ITEM 2 VINTAGE HAND PAINTED HOLLAND DELFT TILES CLIPPER SHIP WINDMILL US $35.99
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 Extraordinary Longwy Enamel French Faience and Bronze Lamp Base Beauty US $1,200.00
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 40s 50s AUTHENTIC PERIOD GLASS VASE Scalloped PINK BLACK Design RARE MINT US $35.00
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 CLAYTON BAILEY SHARK RAT SCULPTURE MODERN FUNK STUDIO POTTERY CERAMICS GILHOOLY US $2,800.00
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 Vintage White Milk Glass Teacher Coffee Cup Mug US $14.99
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 Antique American Art Pottery Lamp Base JonesMcDuffee BostonMA Rookwood Form US $290.00
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 potterybydave Oil Lamp in Pine Tree design US $22.00
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 Salvaterra Weaverville North Carolina Pottery Cala Lily Candle Lamp Vase US $14.00
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 Vintage Carl Schneider Grafenthal Gorgeous Porcelain Horse Germany Hallmarked US $49.95
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 AA RARE WELLER TURADA OIL LAMP WITH B H BURNER c1897 US $750.00
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 Antique SHAWNEE Corn Ware CORNWARE Vintage Art Pottery Covered Casserole Dish US $75.00
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 Antique 1941 SHAWNEE WHITE CORNWARE COVERED GREASE JAR Vintage Art Pottery US $65.00
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 Old Victorian Art Pottery Black Oil Lamp Uhl Pottery Base Gloss Black Works NR US $65.00
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 Antique SHAWNEE Smileys Blue Hankerchiefs Gold Buttons US $97.50
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 VintageYellow Color McCoy Art Pottery Two Handled Deco Flower Vase Antique Sharp US $60.00
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 Vintage RED WING Art Pottery Ashtray Greens and Browns Deco Style REDWING US $28.50
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 Vintage Shawnee Art Pottery Flower Pot USA Pink Green US $26.50
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 USA marked APPLE On Leaf McCoy Art Pottery Unique Shaped Kitchen Wallpocket Old US $60.00
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 Vintage Ardalt Lenwile porcelain Perfume lamp young victorian lady woman lamp US $44.99
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 Vintage CAROLINA POTTERY Aladdin Lamp FINGER LAMP Sgnd US $15.99
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 Marsha Franklin Art Pottery Oil Lamp Durango Colorado Very Nice US $15.00
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 Vintage Stoneware Finger Oil lamp English Brass Burner signed Kathryn US $35.99
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 ANTIQUE PRIMITIVE FOLK ART 1700S 1800S NEW ENGLAND REDWARE WHALE OIL LAMP US $500.00
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 Vintage Green Art Pottery Vase Shaped like Oil Lamp US $8.89
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 VINTAGE Porcelain JAPAN GENIE 8 MINI OIL LAMP GOLD TRIM Hand Painted Roses US $5.99
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 Signed Studio Pottery Squat Vase Oil Lamp Incense Burner Blue White Ikebana US $12.00
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 Kravec Studios Heavy Glazed Small Pottery Oil Lamp Naples FL EXCLL COND US $16.00
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 Antique 1941 SHAWNEE Salt and Pepper Shakers WHITE CORNWARE Vintage Art Pottery US $75.00
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 Art Pottery Oil Lamp US $29.99
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 1925 signed art pottery vase and summers artist starbursts on neck vase mint US $36.00
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 North Carolina Art Pottery WHYNOT POTTERIES Mark Meredith Haywood Co OIL LAMP US $24.50
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 Vintage Turquoise Green Color McCoy Art Pottery Deco Flower Vase Chrysanthymum US $125.00
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 Vintage Bi Color Shawnee Art Pottery Violet Pot USA 533 US $26.50
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 Vtg Pottery Oil Lamp Vase or Candle Holder Hand Painted US $12.56
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 Small Handcrafted Pottery Oil Lamp US $9.99
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 Finger Lamp Base Kerosene Oil Pottery Signed Vintage US $35.99
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 Porsgrund Norway Anne Marie Odegaard HP Framed Art Tile US $17.99
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 North Carolina Handmade Pottery Finger Lamp Signed Phil Morgan Pottery US $21.25
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 ANTIQUE 1900s MAJOLICA OIL LAMP WITH GLASS RESERVOIR 24 US $695.00
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 Vintage Stoneware Jug Lamp Blue Accents With Handle Hand made Signed1995 US $6.65
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 WHEATLEY POTTERY OIL LAMP FLORAL DECORATION 1880 1906 US $2,750.00
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 VINTAGE THAMES JAPAN GENIE 8 MINI OIL LAMP Handpainted Roses on Porcelain US $49.95
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 Studio Pottery handmade art oil Lamp signed by DHough US $29.99
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 VIntage John Bauman Stoneware Pottery Oil Lamp Burner Blue with Leaf Design US $28.94
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 NICE JAPAN Blue Willow Oil Cruet Flying Turkey Scene US $14.99
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 4 Handcrafted Oil Lamp Edgecomb Potters Maine signed US $19.99
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 1974 Delano Studios Setauket LI NY Pottery Jug Canada Goose US $28.50
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 Heritage Pottery Sandstone Creamer Blue w Leaves US $8.00
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 rare limoges france pate sur pate semi nude vase 13 inches tall big rim chip US $85.00
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 potterybydave Oil Lamp in Green with Blue Band US $22.00
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 2 cauldon england 8 3 4 luncheon plates indian tree US $26.00
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 Handmade studio art pottery oil lamp signed US $24.00
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 Handmade studio art pottery oil lamp signed ship decanter shape purple blue US $24.00
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 FRENCH MINIATURE CUP DOLLHOUSE Artist decoration US $8.50
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 Salmon Falls Stoneware Blueberry Raised Glaze Oil Lamp US $29.99
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 VTG ESTATE POTTERY GIRL TEDDY INSENSE FIGURINE WINKLES LUCILLE LIBBEY OIL LAMP US $47.99
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 Stunning Handmade Painted Art Pottery Stoneware Bud Vase w Swirl Glaze US $12.00
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 Brown Pottery Old Finger Oil Lamp US $95.00
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 SWINNERTONS WHITE CERAMIC GRAVY BOAT BACKSTAMP OIL LAMP US $7.89
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 e493 OLD DELFT BLUE OIL LAMP with CHIMNEY US $138.00
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 Single lamp oil wick lantern Handmade pottery US $19.99
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 Vintage ZAJECAR Gold Trimmed Porcelain ALADDIN Style Oil Lamp From YUGOSLAVIA US $13.47
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 Bill Vive Mohl Pottery Aladdin Lamp DREAMY drip glaze oil burning art jeannie US $44.50
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 Rowe Pottery Covered Crocks 2 and Oil Lamp US $179.95
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 ANTIQUE MAJOLICA GONE WITH THE WIND FIGURALOIL LAMP BH US $695.00
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 Weller Turada Oil Lamp With Milk Glass Globe Circ 1897 US $1,100.00
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 OOAK signed Flat Earth Pottery Bird Oil Candle Lamp US $13.95
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 FCG Handcrafted Pottery APPLE OIL LAMP US $18.50
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 Vintage Hand Thrown Beehive Style Stoneware Pottery Jug Oil Lamp Base US $10.00
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 Roval Holland Gouda Oil Lamp With Lid Marked US $345.00
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 Douglas Ferguson Pottery Oil Lamp Never Used Pigeon Forge Tennessee TN Signed US $32.99
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 Vintage Miniature Liquor Bottle Oil Lamp Delft Pottery Holland White Curacao US $44.99
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 2 Vintage Lamplight Farms Blue Swiss Hurricane Oil Lamps Excellent Condition US $35.00
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 ESTATE ITEM 1901 12 JOHANN SELTMANN BAVARIA BLOWN OUT MOLD PEACHES 11 BOWL US $75.00
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Oil for Light
Over 70,000 years ago, prehistoric man discovered that oils can burn brightly for long periods of time. This discovery was probably made when people cooked animals over the fire and noticed that the dripping animal fat soaked the wood and made it burn longer. They learned to place moss, wood and other organic fibers into a stone with a hollowed out place to hold the oils. They used animal fats, fish oil, whale oil, beeswax or vegetable oils pressed from sesame seeds, nuts and olives. They soon discovered that fires would burn even longer if they burned fibers with one end dipped in the oil, much like a wick. It didn’t take long for them to discover that they could easily use petroleum which they could gather from oil seeps or pools on top of the ground.
Early Egyptians are credited with creating the first stone bowl lamps. They laid a wick over the lip and could burn oils from within the bowl. These bowls were hand-carved from rock and extremely rare. Later, a little over 2,000 years ago, they discovered how to make bowls from pottery and lamps could be widely produced. They also started pinching the edges together to make a neck which could hold the wick in place.
Later the Greeks would improve the design by creating a lid to place over the bowl. They left a small hole for the oil and a spout for the wick. The lid helped to prevent spills and also helped control the flow of air into the lamp. This made the oil last much longer. By Roman times, virtually every household utilized oil lamps. Most were made of clay or bronze by this time. A few were made of glass, gold or silver. Around this time is when more elaborate lamps were being produced. They featured animals, people, foods and even gods.
Oil was also used to create flaming torches to light hallways and large rooms. Torches were mounted in sconces on walls. They were usually bundles of sticks dipped in pitch, or tar. They were actually only used for special events or dinners. Usually people used oil lamps.
In the 1780’s, the Argand lamp was invented by Aime Argand. He realized that you could make a lamp burn at least ten times brighter than a candle. He accomplished this by placing the wick in the center of the lamp and covering it with a glass chimney to control air flow. It turned out to be a very clean burning alternative to all other lamps produced up to this date, and soon revolutionized home life by brightly lighting houses at night for the first time in history. The Argand lamp burned whale oil until the production of kerosene from petroleum came about seventy years after the Argand lamp’s invention. Refining oil into kerosene changed everything and led to the beginning of the oil age. It quickly replaced whale oil as the main source of fuel in North America and Europe. Companies like Western Pipeline Corporation still drill today to provide us with an endless list of products derived from oil. Make-up, plastics, carpet fibers, clothes dyes, ink and lightweight eyeglasses are all derived from oil. So, the next time you take an aspirin, wear tennis shoes or dye your hair, you can thank prehistoric man for inspiring it all over 70,000 years ago in his quest for light.
About the Author
About the Author: Mickey Horn is the Executive VP of Investor Relations of Western Pipeline Corporation. Western Pipeline Corp specializes in identifying, acquiring and developing existing, producing reserves on behalf of its individual clients.
Does anyone own a rain oil lamp?
I have an oil lamp that I bought at an auction Saturday night and it was working great. The oil was flowing and it appeared flawless. Now of course that I have it home, it will not rain the oil. I have put some oil in it, however, it is not raining.
I wondered just how long it takes once you power on the unit, does it start raining the oil. The motor in the bottom is working or at least I hear it. I just wondered how long it takes to get this thing going, or is it broken??
It may still be low on oil. I agree that the holes may be plugged. Be sure and use mineral oil, available at most craft stores. (Michaels,etc)
Bushcraft Oil Lamp
