Ancient Roman Oil Lamps
Pair of Bouillotte Table Lamps in Hollywood Regency Style
Located in London, GB
Roman oil lamps, each for two lightbulbs and with adjustable yellow 'tôle peinte' shades
France or Italy
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Empire Style Neoclassical Gilt Bronze 10-Light Chandelier
Located in London, GB
details and burnished highlights, the chandelier composed of a central dish inspired by an Ancient Roman
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Revival Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Bronze Etruscan Candelabrum 19th Century
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in London, GB
as ancient Roman oil lamp, with candle sconces in the nozzles, and it is supported by a very finely
Category
Antique 19th Century French Grand Tour Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Antique Repro of Ancient Roman Bronze Oil Lamp, Annum Novum Faustum Felicem
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Antique reproduction of ancient oil lamp. Manufactured in Italy during the mid-late 19th century
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Classical Roman More Lighting
Materials
Bronze
H 3.55 in W 6.7 in D 3.75 in
Italian "Grand Tour" Style Bronze Floor Lamp
Located in Montreal, QC
This unusual antique floor lamp revisits in the late 19th century an oil lamp of antiquity. Raised
Category
Antique 1880s Italian Classical Roman Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Roman oil lamp, Type ‘Herodian’, Kennedy 3, Hadad 4
Located in EL CAMPELLO, ES
ITEM: Oil lamp, Type ‘Herodian’, Kennedy 3, Hadad 4
MATERIAL: Terracotta
CULTURE: Roman, Judaea
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Israeli Classical Roman Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Set Of 12 18th Century Italian Etchings of Roman Oil Lamps, Herculaneum
Located in Stamford, CT
A set of 12 framed copper etched plates depicting various ancient oil lamps excavated from
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Prints
Materials
Paper
19th Century English Grand Tour Roman Bronze Oil Lamp with Dolphins and Lions
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully cast and very compelling 19th century Grand Tour bronze oil lamp in the ancient Roman
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Grand Tour Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 14 in W 12.5 in D 11.5 in
Balsamarium shaped as a Bust of a Black Boy - Roman, 1st – 2nd Century AD
Located in Bruxelles, BE
important to the ancient Romans as they are in the present time, used by men and women alike, and kept in
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Models and Mini...
Materials
Silver, Bronze
H 3.94 in W 2.37 in D 0.99 in
Bronze Three Arm Whale Oil Chandelier
Located in Canton, MA
In the style of ancient Roman lamps with a central base and three lighted arms. Faces with
Category
Early 20th Century Classical Roman Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Black Basalt and Gilt Vestal Lamp, Wedgwood, circa 1800
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An oil lamp in basalt with rare gilt and bronze highlights.
This example is an early one, and
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Greek Black Glaze Pottery Guttus
Located in London, GB
A black-glazed terracotta guttus (oil-lamp filler) with a spool-shaped foot, a wheel-shaped body, a
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Greek Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Napoleon III Period Gilt and Patinated Bronze Chandelier
Located in London, GB
of an ancient Roman terracotta or earthenware oil lamp. The patinated bronze bowl of the lamp is open
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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19th Century mahogany inlaid writing desk
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality 19th Century mahogany inlaid writing desk, the super structure comprising of three mahogany lined drawers either side with the original turned brass knob handles and...
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Antique 1890s British Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XVI Style Patinated Bronze Six-Light Putti Motif Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Very fine quality French turn of the century Louis XVI style patinated bronze six-light putti motif chandelier.
Category
Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Bust of Mercury in Black Basalt. Wedgwood C1820.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Wedgwood produced a very successful line of Library Busts, of which Minerva and Mercury were the longest in production, running right up into the 20th century - they make a good pair...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
19th Century Bamboo Desk / Writing Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century bamboo desk with two painted & japanned drawers. Raffia covered writing surface. Original embossed surface on sides and back with bamboo legs & stretchers.
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Raffia
Matching Pair of Figural Patinated Bronze Flame Torcheres after Clodion
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A beautifully cast matching pair of patinated bronze figural torcheres in the manner of Clodion modeled as classically draped young girls with garlands of flowers in their hair and h...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Cristalleries De Baccarat, a Large Pair of French Cut-Crystal Tsarine Torcheres
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
Cristalleries De Baccarat, A Large Pair of French Cut-Crystal Twenty-Four Light Tsarine Torcheres, Standing Floor Chandeliers.
"A Magnificent Pair of Chandeliers"
Each central ...
Category
20th Century French Floor Lamps
Materials
Crystal
H 86 in W 33 in D 33 in
Small 19th Century writing table
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful antique mahogany writing table with 2 drawers. Gold-edged Burgundy leather top. Table stands on porcelain wheels. Entirely in good and original condition.
Origin: England
p...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century India Bronze Hanging Oil Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Sri Lankan hanging bronze oil lamp with Makara head spout. Solid bronze. Can be hung or used as a stand-alone decorating piece. Great piece to use with any decor. Dimen...
Category
Antique 18th Century Sri Lankan Grand Tour Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
18th Century, French Mahogany Secretaire a Abattant
Located in Sofia, BG
Secretaire a abattant that dates to the end of the 18th century. The interior of the secretaire features five drawers. The secretaire is further configured with two drawers at the to...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Secretaires
Materials
Mahogany
Roman Bronze Oil Lamp With Theatrical Mask Handle
Located in Bradenton, FL
A rare Roman Grand Tour cast bronze oil lamp with a pear-shaped body leading to a curvaceous spout. Handle has a theatrical mask with expressive facial features and tight curly hair....
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
An 19th Century Italian Desk with Beautiful Detail
Located in New York, NY
An exceptionally beautiful Italian writing table with three drawers and a leather top pull-out writing surface. The desk is constructed in a walnut, with a lighter secondary wood. ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Unusual Antique American Sheraton Clerk's Desk with Gallery
Located in Morristown, NJ
An unusual 19th c., American Sheraton Clerk's Desk. A shaped gallery with a larger rectangular pigeon hole flanked by three square pigeon holes to each side. The slant writing surfac...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Sheraton Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Antique English Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rectangular desk with a 3/4 mahogany gallery on the top. With two frieze drawers with moldings and knob pulls. Raised on ball topped ribbed tapering legs with turned feet on brass ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Country Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of French Gothic Revival Wood and Brass Oil Lamps
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Raised on later circular brass-mounted wood bases.
Height of base only is 17in. (other dimensions include lampshade).
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Snake Charmer
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina
signed on the base "A. Carrier"
inscribed on a front plaque "Charmeuse de Serpents par Carrier-Belleuse"
France
circa 1860
height 8...
Category
1860s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Mahogany tall Torchere Stand
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful tall Antique Torchere stand. solid Mahogany .
Especial for Oil lamps because its height . Very nice elegant model .
Very good condition.
Category
Antique 1850s English Edwardian Candle Stands
Materials
Mahogany
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Roman Bronze Oil Lamp
Located in Paris, ile de france
A roman bronze oil lamp, with a monkey sculpture, object of Grand Tour or possibly ancient.
Category
Antique Early 1800s Italian Greco Roman Mounted Objects
Materials
Bronze
Roman Bronze Oil Lamp with a Monkey Sculpture
Located in Paris, ile de france
A Roman bronze oil lamp, with a monkey sculpture, object of Grand Tour or possibly ancient.
Category
Antique Early 1800s Italian Greco Roman Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Art Deco Mythological Porcelain and Bronze Vase Lamps, France, 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
body with elongated neck with two handles, originally oil lamps converted to electric. Vases of this
Category
Early 20th Century Greek Greco Roman Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Sculpture Yellow Marble Oil Lamp Grand Tour Boschetti
By Benedetto Boschetti
Located in Roma, IT
oil lamp, inspired by the ancient romans everyday used object and created as a work of art and part of
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
H 6.3 in W 8.27 in D 2.76 in
Grand Tour Bronze Oil Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Very fine Grand Tour bronze cast of an ancient Roman oil lamp with a figure of the god Silenus
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Empire Ormolu Six Light Pendant Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Empire ormolu six light pendant chandelier in the form of an ancient Roman oil lamp in the manner
Category
20th Century Empire Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
19th Century Victorian Silver Plated Corinthian Column Table Oil Lamp
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant antique Victorian silver plated Corinthian column table oil lamp base converted
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate
Roman Bronze Oil Lamp
By Fonderia Sommer Napoli
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian 'Grand Tour' bronze oil lamp, after the ancient Roman original, with two spouts and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical More Furniture and Collec...
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Victorian Silver Plated Corinthian Column Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
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The lamp features its original glass mounted facetted cut clear glass oil reservoir oil which has been
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique French Empire Period Corinthian Column Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant antique French 19th century Empire period oil lamp base in the form of a
Category
Antique 1820s French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
H 25.99 in W 6.7 in L 25.99 in
Tiffany & Co. 1893 Art Nouveau Desk Oil Lamp In Sterling Silver With Roman Coin
By Tiffany & Co., Charles L. Tiffany
Located in Miami, FL
Desk oil lamp designed by Charles L. Tiffany for Tiffany & Co.
Beautiful desk oil lamp or cigar
Category
Antique 1890s North American Art Nouveau Desk Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Bronze
H 1.57 in W 3.94 in D 2.9 in
Erotic Pompeiian Scenes from the Secret Museum, 19th C.
Located in Essex, MA
phallic oil lamps) were found. Ancient Roman culture had a different sense of shame for sexuality, and
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Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Prints
Antique Victorian Silver Plated Corinthian Column Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a large elegant antique French Empire silver plated oil lamp converted into a table lamp
Category
Antique 1830s French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Silver Plate
H 24.81 in W 7.29 in D 7.29 in
Antique French Empire Period Corinthian Column Table Lamp 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant antique French 19th century Empire period oil lamp base in the form of a
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Group of Six Possibly Ancient Terracotta Oil Lamps, Small Vases and Vessels
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A group of six old (and possibly ancient) terracotta vessels.
Perfect for the collecting
Category
Early 20th Century Greco Roman Vases
Materials
Terracotta
H 3.75 in W 2.63 in D 1.25 in
Period Neoclassical Porcelain Inkwell in the form of Roman Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
, Nemeian Lion in form of Ancient Antique Roman Oil Lamp
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Inkwells
Materials
Porcelain, Paste
Italian Grand Tour Siena Marble Oil Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
A wonderful oil lamp carved with the face of the Dionysus on a polished black marble base. Expertly
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Siena Marble
Italian Bronze Grand Tour Oil Lamp with Greek Theater Mask
Located in Stamford, CT
Grand tour oil lamp modeled after an ancient Roman original, decorated with a wonderful Greek
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Models and Miniatures
Materials
Bronze
Collection of Ancient Roman Terracotta Oil Lamps, circa 100-200 AD
Located in Louisville, KY
Note: In the villas, palaces and shops of the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Empires these lamps were
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman More Furniture ...
Materials
Clay
Two William IV Bronze Argand Lamps in the Form of Ancient Rhytons, circa 1835
By Messenger and Sons
Located in New York, NY
inspired by ancient Greek and Roman urns and bronze vessels. The work of Giovanni Battista Piranesi was a
Category
Antique 1830s English Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Regency Lacquered Brass Argand Lamps
By Messenger and Sons
Located in New York, NY
inspired by ancient Greek and Roman urns, stands and bronze vessels. The work of Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Category
Antique 1830s English George IV Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
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Ancient Roman Oil Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of ancient roman oil lamps available for sale. Each of these unique ancient roman oil lamps was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, bronze and brass. Ancient roman oil lamps have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of ancient roman oil lamps to choose from, but at 1stDibs, neoclassical, Art Nouveau and Empire ancient roman oil lamps are of considerable interest. Ancient roman oil lamps have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Charles L. Tiffany, Tiffany & Co. and Wedgwood are consistently popular.
How Much are Ancient Roman Oil Lamps?
Prices for ancient roman oil lamps start at $397 and top out at $19,450 with the average selling for $3,750.
Questions About Ancient Roman Oil Lamps
- 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.
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