Antique Whale Oil

In 1859, with the discovery of oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania, B&H began producing kerosene burning lamps, which eventually replaced whale oil burning lamps.

Presented by: Tribalmania Gallery Ancient Inuit Eskimo stone "QULLIQ" whale oil stove cooker Origin: Arctic, Hudson Bay, Central Inuit People (Provenance:  Private Carmel Calif...

Antique Exceptional Whole Oil "Suspension" Light, All Original French Celadon "Pate Sur Pate" circa 1850-1860

My father used to have a great friend who was a real whaler. As a kid I always was around when he would visit us. Many times he brought scrimshaws sperm whale teeth that he tried to ...

Great color and likely made by a Boston glass company. The whale oil or other would fill lamp and would have had a wick on top.

Anglo Raj antique 19th century bronze Indian temple oil lamp. Whale oil lamp with 4 wick burners. Fantastic patina and great scale.

Using a combination of finely wrought iron, copper fittings and a brass oil lantern, this torchere originally burned kerosene or whale oil, and had a mechanism to raise and lower it ...

Impressive and unique in its size this large rare oil whaling ship lamp. It is heavy because it is made of wrought iron, the quadruple gimbal in the center kept the whale oil reserv...

The original lyre shaped oil vessel issuing rods designed to facilitate transfer of whale oil to individual oil burners.

The Argonaut was the first Sag Harbor Whaling Ship to round cape horn on it's quest for whale oil. The ship was built on the docks of Sag Harbor in 1814.

This oil on canvas is unsigned.

Wheeler mirrored reflectors are highly sought after and the whale tail examples are there most complex and rare. This rare reflector fitted to a decorative bronze Victorian railroad ...

They were hollow and generally filled with whale oil or some other manner of fuel, lit by one or more wicks.

They were hollow and generally filled with whale oil or some other manner of fuel, lit by one or more wicks.

They were hollow and generally filled with whale oil or some other manner of fuel, lit by one or more wicks.

Well painted mid to late 19th century American School painting of Whalers attacking a Whale. Wonderfully piece of folk art, this is a very good scene from a long past historical tim...

They were hollow and generally filled with whale oil or some other manner of fuel, lit by one or more wicks.

The fishing industry used barrels for shipping pickled and dried fish, farmers used them for storing grains, butter and cider, merchants used them for storing hardware and dried good...

.* This is made in such a way that a canister filled with whale oil could be fit inside from underneath, with a wick at the top that could be lit and a wooden pole underneath.

They are called Kudlik, or Qulliq, intended for burning whale or seal oil. In the 1800s, explorer William Parry wrote, "The fire belonging to each family consists of a single lamp or...

Rare French whale oil trade shop sign  This is a rare old sign, it is French in origin, there is no longer a trade in whale oil but only a few decades ago shops like these were fa...

Three 19th century, now electrified, gyroscopic whale-oil lamps constructed of iron ribs with a triple gimbal to steady the burning flame in the heaviest seas or winds.

Antique 19th century Japanese gold bronze whale oil lamp (Now Electrified). Shade shown is 18" diameter.

1890s whale oil English hand blown glass bell jar lantern in a aqua blue color.

1890s English hand blown glass bell jar lantern with clear glass, newly made brass hardware. Features three candelabra lights. Price includes restoration. This can be seen at our 400...

19th Century American whale oil lamp. Colorless spherical EAPG glass font, high-lead opalescent white Milk Glass scalloped square base with tapered stem, brass connector, No. 1 fine-...

A small oil on canvas of Niagara Falls showing the original lighthouse attributed to Robert Whale, presented in a period gilded wooden frame.

Impressive and unique in its size this large rare oil whaling ship lamp. It is heavy because it is made of wrought iron, the quadruple gimbal in the center kept the whale oil reser...

Cottagecore aesthetic hand blown clear glass urn shaped table lamp converted to electricity from a whale oil lamp. 19th century The lovely urn form body of this lamp would have be...

By 1871, kerosene virtually replaced whale oil for heating and illumination and new ways of burning it more efficiently were needed.

A wonderfully preserved and well made tin whale oil lantern from New England, the conical ribbed top with vents, over a cylindrical base with door, embedded with magnifying glass len...

A 19th Century amethyst cut to clear glass whale oil lamp on an embossed brass column mounted on a square marble plinth base.

A highly unusual patinated bronze and brass five light chandelier. Stamped brass reflective shields are suspended by winged eagles between each light which are supported by dragon m...

In the style of ancient Roman lamps with a central base and three lighted arms. Faces with classical braided hair. Made in the early 20th century. Material: Bronze Style: Traditi...

A rare neoclassic silver over brass whale oil form lamp mounted on eagle talon footed base with hand hammered shade suspended by chain from an eagle headed serpent form handle concea...

A rare, early 19th century colorless blown glass apothecary bottle to dispense Sperm Whale Oil, of tall cylindrical form, with shield shaped painted gold and black label, 'Sperm Oil

A pair of 19th century patriotic whale oil lamps, the cobalt blue fonts with raised American stars and striped shields over fluted and shaped milk glass bases.

A screw is holding vase and base together. A former whale oil lamp - oil was stored inside the lid - before electricity took over.

Experiments in Europe and America, after 1750, helped to improve the lamp, and when whale oil became plentiful in the early 1800s, lamps became as common as candles.

This oil on canvas by the well-listed American illustrator Douglass Crockwell offers a regionalist in style look at pre-industrial whaling, evoking the epic Moby Dick by Herman Melvi...

Experiments in Europe and America, after 1750, helped to improve the lamp, and when whale oil became plentiful in the early 1800s, lamps became as common as candles which is when thi...

It was designed to burn rape-seed (colza) and whale oil, issuing from an oil reserve or “font” positioned so that the oil would flow from the force of gravity to the burner.

It was designed to burn rape-seed (colza) and whale oil issuing from an oil reserve or “font” positioned so that the oil would flow from the force of gravity to the burner.

It was designed to burn rape-seed (colza) and whale oil issuing from an oil reserve or “font” positioned so that the oil would flow from the force of gravity to the burner.

It was designed to burn rape-seed (colza) and whale oil, issuing from an oil reserve or “font” positioned so that the oil would flow from the force of gravity to the burner.

It was designed to burn rape-seed (colza) and whale oil issuing from an oil reserve or “font” positioned so that the oil would flow from the force of gravity to the burner.

Pair of brass oil lamps with whales as the oil containers and shells as the deflectors.

A PAIR of electrified Sheffield 'process' silvered Argand lamps. Whale or lamp oil was poured into the central urn canisters and burned for lighting.

A pair of 19th century American milk glass whale oil lamps, decorated with embossed stars and circles or full moons, on fluted tapering columns and shaped square bases.

This form dates from 19th century American fishing vessels which were fitted with these onion-shaped globes, which shielded a whale-oil flame from wind, rain and sea spray.

He married a local woman in 1851, and likely joined in the lucrative whale oil and baleen trades. He first formally registered as an artist back in New York City in 1868.

Experiments in Europe and America, after 1750, helped to improve the lamp, and when whale oil became plentiful in the early 1800s, lamps became as common as candles which are when th...