Kerosene lamps provide ambience from an earlier century ... They are useless without a glass shade, so keep an extra one on hand. The chimneys, of clear or frosted glass, were either straight ...

Campaign torchlights were made to burn oil. Thuro`s first book shows examples of such metal lanterns and lamps as well as accessories-match holders, smoke bells, chimney-top heaters, hooks ...

Antique oil lamp identification can be a bit tricky, considering there are many reproduction antique lamps on the market. The thing is, a genuine antique oil lamp can sometimes be quite valuable ...

Student lamps are late 19th- and early 20th-century kerosene-burning devices identifiable ... all topped by a decorative glass shade and chimney. (Shades typically are colored, come in a variety ...

In the 19th century, a Polish pharmacist invented the kerosene lamp – a device that quickly went on to light up Europe. He also went on to open the first oil mine and kerosene refinery in the world, ...