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Antique Bradley
Hubbard Brass Hobnail Parlor Hurricane Oil Lamp 17"
By Bradley
Hubbard
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 19th-early 20th century Bradley & Hubbard brass oil lamp with cross pierced base and hobnail
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Matched pair of 19th Century bronze grand tour oil lamps
Located in London, GB
Matched pair of 19th Century bronze grand tour oil lamps
A highly decorative matched pair of 19th
Category
Antique 1870s French Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Good Pair of Meissen Blue Onion Pattern Oil Lamps Now Electrified
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good pair of Meissen blue onion pattern oil lamps now electrified, originally sold by Whiteley's
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Beautiful Electrified Brass Oil Lamp by New Rochester with Green Glass Shade
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Ornately embossed brass electrified oil lamp with silver plate handles and New Rochester written on
Category
Vintage 1940s American Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Dore Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Ormolu Table Oil Lamp French, 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning French heavy gauge ormolu and bronze fluid lamp of good size proportions, cast in high
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Antique 19th Century French Early Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Antique Grand Tour French Brass Egyptian Sphinx Oil Lamps Cranberry Glass
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A fine pair of stylish and imposing French grand tour style polished brass table oil lamps of
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Antique 19th Century French Late Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Empire Style Ormolu Gilt Bronze Fluid Oil Lamp Centerpiece 19thCt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exquisite large heavy Gauge Renaissance style ormolu fluid or oil lamp of outstanding quality
Category
Antique 19th Century French Early Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Pair of Rubina Glass and Brass Electrified Oil Parlor Lamps, circa 1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique pair of electrified oil parlor lamps feature rubina glass fonts with crown form design
Category
Antique 19th Century American Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Gone with the Wind Gilt and Painted Satin Glass Electrified Oil Lamp
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Gone-with-the-Wind electrified oil lamp features blue satin glass base and shade with
Category
Antique 19th Century American Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Large Gone with the Wind Blown Out Ruby Satin Glass Oil Lamp, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
A large and antique gone with the wind oil lamp offers blown out ruby satin glass font and shade
Category
Antique 19th Century American Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Sterling Silver Corinthian Column Oil Lamp with Original Green Glass Shade
Located in Lincoln, GB
Victorian Sterling Silver Corinthian Column Oil Lamp with Original Green Glass Shade
Elevate your
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Antique 19th Century British Table Lamps
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Silver-Plated Oil Lamp by Hinks
Sons – As Seen on Downton Abbey
Located in Lincoln, GB
and functionality.
During the Victorian era, oil lamps like this were both functional and symbolic of
Category
Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate
Unusual quality antique Victorian oil lamp
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual quality antique Victorian oil lamp having a quality antique Victorian oil lamp with a
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Early Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Duplex, England "Double Student" Victorian Oil Lamp with Green Shades circa 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Duplex, England "Double Student" Victorian oil lamp with green shades, circa 1900.
This handsome
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Anitique Spiral Pillar Base Victorian Oil Lamp Original Italian Etched Glass
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Victorian, spiral pillar oil lamp with Italian
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Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Antique Victorian Quality Brass Oil Lamps
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual pair of antique Victorian oil lamps with original glass shades and chimneys, double burner
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
19th Century Victorian Gilt Bronze Oil Lamp Converted to Electric, Table Lamp
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A high quality Victorian oil lamp of solid gilt bronze in high relief with tall etched glass shade
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique Signed Bradley
Hubbard Cranberry Slag Glass Tulip Oil Lamp, c1890
By Bradley
Hubbard
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique and large Victorian oil lamp by Bradley and Hubbard offers cranberry slag glass tulip
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Unusual Antique Victorian Chimneyless Ornate Oil Lamp
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique Victorian chimneyless ornate oil lamp having a delightful shaped etched glass shade
Category
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Bronze Converted Oil Lamp Table Lamp Alabaster Shaft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Bronze Converted Oil Lamp Table Lamp Alabaster Shaft. item features alabaster
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Antique 19th Century Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Antique Victorian Reeded Column Quality Brass Oil Lamp
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian reeded column quality brass oil lamp having the original glass shade and chimney
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Victorian Style Electrified White Metal Milk Glass Hurricane Oil Lamp
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a white metal and milk glass electrified hurricane oil lamp. It depicts a round milk glass
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Late 19th Century Victorian Gilt Bronze Oil Lamp Converted to Electric
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Victorian style heavy cast gilt bronze oil lamp converted to electric table lamp, etched glass
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Victorian Gilt Bronze Oil Lamp Converted to Electric
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Victorian style heavy cast gilt bronze oil lamp converted to electric table lamp, etched glass
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Bronze Cobalt Blue Glass Font Oil Lamp Converted to Electric
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A lovely Victorian style cobalt blue cut glass font oil lamp raised on a patinated bronze fluted
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Cherub Face Milk Glass Double Globe
Bronze Converted Parlor Oil Lamp
Located in Plainview, NY
A Victorian style Cherub Face Milk Glass Double Globe Converted Parlor Oil Lamp. This resplendent
Category
20th Century Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Gone-with-the-Wind Hand Painted Floral Oil Lamp, All Original, C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Victorian Gone with the wind oil table lamp offers floral hand-painted glass globe and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Neoclassical Hollywood Regency Cherubs Putti Oil Lamps
Located in Antwerp, BE
A pair of impressive / monumental Victorian copper sculptural oil table lamps showing putti figures
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Copper
Antique 19th Century American Milk Glass Oil Lamp
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th Century American whale oil lamp.
Colorless spherical EAPG glass font, high-lead opalescent
Category
Antique 1870s American Late Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
19th century American Double Student Kerosene Burning Oil Lamp
By Stern Brothers 1
Located in Savannah, GA
Double brass student kerosene burning oil lamp featuring an adjustable mechanism, double wicks and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Mount Washington Embossed Floral GWW Oil Lamp, c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Mount Washington gone with the wind parlor oil lamp offers blown out glass shade and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Copper and Brass Chamber Oil Lamps, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A pair of copper and brass chamber oil lamps. Burners stamped SHERWOODS LTD BIRMINGHAM.
Design
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Copper
Blue English Wedgwood Porcelain Gilt Bronze Victorian Library Table Lamps, Pair
Located in Coimbra, PT
Adorable pair of English Wedgwood porcelain table lamps gilt bronze Victorian library oil lamp
Category
Early 20th Century French Adam Style Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique Cold-Painted Bronze Converted Oil Lamp of Figural Heron
Lily Pads
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This cast bronze and cold-painted converted oil lamp is unsigned, but presumed to have been made
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Antique French Table Oil Lamp in Opaline Glass and Brass
Located in Søborg, DK
A very elegant antique table lamp in opaline glass and brass.
Rewired with 1.7m of black twisted
Category
Antique 1880s French Late Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique English Double Burner Parlor Oil Lamp with Cranberry Art Glass Accents
By Veritas
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique Victorian double burner oil parlor lamp was made by the Veritas company of England in
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English High Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Gone with the Wind Oil Lamp, Blown Out Milk Glass Cherub Shade
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Gone with the wind electrified oil lamp features scroll and foliate decorated font
Category
Antique 19th Century American High Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Victorian Oil Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
These authentic Victorian oil lamps will help light the way! Cast in brass, they're hung with the
Category
Antique 19th Century Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
Electrified Oil Lamp with Floral Shade
Located in Canton, MA
Ornate victorian oil lamp. Coppered steel and cast brass. Original glass shade with cupid and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Copper, Iron
Pair of Antique Opaline Glass Table Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Richmond, London
A handsome tall pair of white opaline glass and bronze table lamps, formerly Victorian oil lamps
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Brass Oil Lamp
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
Victorian brass oil lamp with lion mask heads decorated supports and lion paw feet, converted to
Category
Antique 1870s English High Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
$1,713
Antique Victorian Brass Oil Lamp
Located in Stutton, GB
Antique Victorian brass oil lamp, with a etched glass shade, glass front, supported on a turned
Category
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Brass Oil Lamp
Located in Stutton, GB
Antique Victorian brass oil lamp with a stepped circular base, brass front and Hinks duplex burner
Category
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Victorian Brass Column Oil Lamp
By Joseph Hinks
Sons
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
Victorian brass column oil lamp, having cut-glass resevoir with reeded column, stepped base and
Category
Antique 1870s English High Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Victorian Glass and Brass Oil Lamp
Located in Stutton, GB
Victorian glass and brass oil lamp with a glass chimney and shade, brass burner in mint condition
Category
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Victorian Brass Oil Lamp, Hinks
Sons
By Joseph Hinks
Sons
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
Victorian brass oil lamp with white glass shade, supported above the Reservoir on a decorative
Category
Antique 1870s English High Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Victorian Brass Corinthian Column Oil Lamp
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
A Victorian brass Corinthian column oil lamp, with square stepped base and brass reservoir 16
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Brass Corinthian Column Oil Lamp
Located in Stutton, GB
Antique Victorian brass Corinthian column oil lamp, with a etched glass shade, solid brass font
Category
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Victorian Brass Oil Lamp Converted to Electric
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
Victorian brass oil lamp in the form of a classical Corinthian column on a pedestal base
Category
Antique 1870s English High Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Victorian Bronze Ionic Column Oil Lamps, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
Pair of English, well cast bronze ionic columns oil lamps of good size and proportion, the stepped
Category
Antique 1860s English Table Lamps
Antique Cranberry Ruby Oil Lamp
Located in Antrim, GB
Beautiful antique cranberry glass oil lamp with superb brass filigree base, double burner on ruby
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Brass Table Oil Lamp
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
Late 19th century brass table oil lamp of neoclassical form on a stepped circular base - the
Category
Antique 1880s English High Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of 19th Century American Oil Lamps
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Pair of American oil lamps with clear, octagonal glass fonts and milk glass bases. 15 3/4" to the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Milk Glass
Mary Gregory Art Glass Slate Blue Oil Lamp
By Mary Gregory
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Mary Gregory (American 1856-1908) art glass slate blue oil lamp with blown glass shade and painted
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Tall Antique Brass Cranberry Corinthian Column Oil Lamp
Located in Antrim, GB
Superb tall antique brass Corinthian column oil lamp with cranberry ruby glass bowl and etched ruby
Category
Antique 1890s British Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Onyx Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Victorian onyx and brass electrified oil lamp
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Table Lamps
$1,250
Pair of Victorian Oil Lamp Bases Wired as Lamps
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Pair of hand-painted glass lamps with floral designs, one lamp has an old repair on the face as
Category
Antique 1880s Unknown High Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
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Victorian Oil Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of victorian oil lamps available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, glass and brass, all victorian oil lamps available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of victorian oil lamps available, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Victorian oil lamps are generally popular furniture pieces, but Victorian and Art Nouveau styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Victorian oil lamps have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Bradley
Hubbard, Joseph Hinks
Sons and Arvid Böhlmarks Lampfabrik are consistently popular.
How Much are Victorian Oil Lamps?
Prices for victorian oil lamps can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, victorian oil lamps begin at $10 and can go as high as $27,996, while the average can fetch as much as $1,197.
Finding the Right Table Lamps for You
Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.
After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry Sons.
Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today.
If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.
Questions About Victorian Oil Lamps
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022There are a few key things to look for to identify an antique oil lamp. First check for a patent number anywhere on your lamp. Use a black light to inspect whether your lamp’s hardware is secured with glue, which fluoresces and would indicate a contemporary lamp. Antique lamps use plaster to attach hardware and fill gaps. An antique oil lamp may have hand-blown glass. Shop a range of professionally authenticated antique oil lamps on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The Victorian oil lamp was designed in 1792 by inventor Ami Argan. What made this lamp unique to the ones that preceded it is the unique shape, featuring a long glass shaft that aids the illumination of the lamp. Browse a collection of vintage Victorian oil lamps on 1stDibs.
- What is a whale oil lamp?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A whale oil lamp is a lamp that uses whale oil for fuel. Whale oil lamps were largely made from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Antique whale oil lamps are collectibles today and an older specimen will be a striking addition to your mantel or display cabinet. Find a collection of antique and vintage whale oil lamps on 1stDibs today.
- How does a Roman oil lamp work?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertAugust 24, 2021Roman oil lamps are simply containers filled with oil, in which a wick made up of cloth or rope rests on one end. The other end of the wick comes in contact with the air. When the wick is lit, the oil in it burns and gives out light.
- How do you use a brass oil lamp?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023How you use a brass oil lamp may vary based on the design of the piece. However, generally, you fill the lamp with vegetable, sesame or similar plant-based oil. Use tweezers to raise and lower the wick and trim away burned ends with scissors. Then, use a match to light the lamp. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of oil lamps.
- Are oil lamps still used?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, oil lamps are still used today. However, most people utilize oil lamps while camping or during power outages in the U.S. It is uncommon for Americans to light their homes only with oil lamps. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of antique oil lamps.
- How do I use a hanging oil lamp?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022To use a hanging oil lamp, remove the oil font from the base and fill it three-quarters of the way with clear lamp oil. Return the font and close the base. Twist the knob to raise the wick until it is a little less than 0.25 inches above the burner. Light with a match or lighter. After extinguishing and allowing time for cooling, trim the burned end off of the wick. You'll find a collection of hanging oil lamps on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022People began using early versions of oil lamps for spiritual purposes during ancient times. References to oil-burning lamps are found in both the Torah and the Bible. Oil lamps became popular for everyday use lighting homes and businesses in the late 19th century with the advent of the kerosene lamp. Shop a selection of antique oil lamps on 1stDibs.
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