English Silver-Plated Oil Lamp by Hinks Sons – As Seen on Downton Abbey

Wonderful quality antique Victorian brass oil lamp by Hinks and Sons, having a quality antique Victorian brass oil lamp, with a glass chimney and globe supported on a brass fluted sh...

Victorian Brass Oil Lamp by Hinks of Birmingham of Neoclassical Corinthian Form with Green Glass Reservoir, and Original Shade with 4 Avian scenes - fully operational as parafin oil ...

A beautiful silver plate and crystal English oil lamp, electrified. It is in very good condition and does work also has a click switch. The silver has...

Pair of English Victorian style silver plated double candlestick student lamps on round tiered base with reflector at top.

English Victorian silver-plate 6 sided column form altar stick mounted as a table lamp with applied oak leaves and floral trim. Ships without a shade

Pair of circa 1950's English Neoclassic style silver-plated table lamps. Measurements: Height of body: 21.5" Height to shade rest: 26.5" Diameter: 8"

English Adam style 19th century silver plate column table lamp with urn design and cut crystal font.

An English silver plated bronze Bouillotte lamp of good quality after Knole. With three lights and an adjustable shade in dark green.

Antique English Regency Silver Plated Converted Oil Lamp Electrified Table Lamp with Lion Head Drop Ring Mounts and Ornate Paw Foot Tripod Base. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurement...

A very fine pair of mid-Victorian parcel gilt bronze oil lamps, by Hinks, each modelled as a bearded warrior dressed in the style of a Saxon king with a crowned helmet, broadsword and double-headed battle axe, standing in front of a slender scroll support surmounted by a cut glass oil reservoir, all set on a shaped ormolu base encircled with a victor’s wreath of oak leaves, and raised on an octagonal bronze base, converted to electricity, stamped ‘Hinks & Sons Patent’ on the fitting. English, circa 1860. Footnote: James Hinks (1816-1905). Leaving home at 16 he tried many trades from wood turning, japanning, brush making, die sinking, medal making and even being a pub landlord, before manufacturing oil lamps. Working from the Crystal Lamp Works, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, he was joined by his son Joseph and renamed the company ‘James Hinks and Son in 1862’. They won a patent for ‘improvements in lamps’ the following year and swiftly launched the ‘Patent Duplex Lamp...