Kerosene Lamps Archive
Kerosene Acorn Burner Sconce Lamp
I was having a hard time this morning getting started working in the shop. I get one day a week to work in the shop and as a result I often end up with a list of things I want to get done that is about three times longer
Dump Finds: Rayo Lamp, Typewriter
As of late last year we were banned from pulling items for our town dump’s metal and wood recycling bins. The stated reason was ‘public safety’ but it was fairly clear from the expressions on the faces of a few of our town’s selectmen during the discussion that the
Putting an Angle Lamp Back in Oil
One of the tragic realities of Angle Lamps is that many have been electrified in a crude and destructive manner. Below is such a lamp. I bought this lamp on eBay thinking that it was solid brass. I intended to move the burners from a tin plate Angle Lamp
Angle Lamp Repair
The Angle Company of New York manufactured these unique lamps from the early 1890's until 1929. In my opinion the Angle Lamp is the pinnacle of kerosene wick lamp design. This is a two burner version. They also commonly came in 3, 4 and (much rarer) 6 and 8
The Mae West, an Elegant Kerosene Lamp
This is another lamp for my bus conversion project, I think it will go on a newel post by the entry door. This is another quicky project, it took about 3 hours. This lamp uses more parts from the above left donor lamp that provided the arm for
Brass Kerosene Sconce Lamp
This is a lamp for my bus conversion project, most likely it will go in the bathroom. Total project time was about an hour. Above you’ll see one of the donor lamps, this lamp contributed one of it’s arms. The other parts you see laid out above and
Swing-arm Kerosene Wall Lamp
Here’s another real quick project, the two donor lamps are below, both came from our town dump this past weekend. This will be my first lamp with a glass font. Furthermore, this font has a hole in the bottom so I will be making liberal use of the non-traditional
Dual Power Kerosene Electric Lamp
I found a truly hideous table lamp at the dump last week. The bottom half of it combined with this huge #3 burner will make a very nice reading lamp. The burner is quite a nice one and came from Lehman’s a wonderful source for kerosene lamp burners,