Here are the six types of oil lamp burners. One excellent way to establish the history of your antique oil lamp is by finding a patent number or date. This is usually on the winder button ...

This terracotta lamp decorated with two fishes and a horse would have been used by the ancient Romans for artificial light; it would have been fuelled by olive oil and could easily be carried from ...

very similar to a much earlier Roman oil lamp. The hook on the side of the lamp was used to put it onto a jacket, hat or piece of wood underground. It would not have provided much light to miners ...