Early 19th Century Faience Table Lamp, Converted From Oil-Burning Lamp
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This 19th century faience table lamp is converted from an old oil lamp.
Early 19th Century French Rococo Oil Burning Lamp Antique
Faience
Early 19th Century Faience Table Lamp, Converted From Oil-Burning Lamp
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This 19th century faience table lamp is converted from an old oil lamp.
Faience
Antique Brass and Glass Table / Desk Lamp
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and extremely well made antique brass and glass table / desk lamp. This was converted at some point from an oil burning lamp to an electric lamp, it dates from around the...
Brass
Pair Japanese Imari Porcelain and Brass Table Lamps, 2nd half 19th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
formerly oil burning lamps with alternating color vertical bands with painted decorations, they are beautifully mounted in gilt brass featuring dragon handles, the bases are scrolls...
Porcelain
A French 19th-20th Century Empire Revival Style Gilt Bronze 5-Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The elongated gilt bronze frame in the form of an ancient Empire hanging oil burning lamp suspended by four shackle supports surmounted with acanthus and scrolled leaves.
Bronze
19th Century Brass Corinthian Column Table Lamps, Neoclassical Style
Located in Lincoln, GB
Originally burning oil, these lamps were the pinnacle of domestic technology before the advent of the lightbulb.
Brass
Antique Pair of French Bleu Celeste Sèvres Vases Lamps, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite large pair of French Sèvres Porcelain and ormolu mounted oil burning table lamps that have been skillfully converted to electricity retaining their original and ...
Ormolu
Large Antique Ecclesiastical Roundel Stained Glass Panel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large ø101cm antique ecclesiastical roundel stained glass panel depicting a stylised burning oil lamp. If looking for multiple, we are also selling other roundels in a very similar...
Glass, Stained Glass
Large Meissen Cupid Group 'Allegory - The Four Seasons', By Leuteritz, Ca. 1880
By Meissen Porcelain, Ernst August Leuteritz
Located in Vienna, AT
An excellent and rare Meissen group of the seasons with large figures: Four amoretti wrapped in cloths grouped on a rock, representing the four seasons: a female amoretto as spring w...
Porcelain
$15,000
Hanging Lantern
By Boston and Sandwich Glass Company
Located in New York, NY
Kaiser quote Boston & Sandwich Glass Company manager Deming Jarves on the fabrication of lamps of this general type (p. 225 no. 2398). These hanging lanterns could be supplied with a...
Brass
Antique Turn of Century Ivory Sex Netsuke (Bonerific)
Located in Brunswick, ME
In 1859, with the discovery of oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania, B&H began producing kerosene burning lamps, which eventually replaced whale oil burning lamps.
Brass
Unavailable
H 3.5 in W 5 in D 1.25 in
Bradley Hubbard B&H Gold/Gilded Bookends Federal Neoclassical Building w/Columns
Located in Brunswick, ME
In 1859, with the discovery of oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania, B&H began producing kerosene burning lamps, which eventually replaced whale oil burning lamps.
Iron
Unavailable
H 5.75 in W 4.25 in D 3 in
Fine/Detailed Gilded Antique B&H Cast Polo Players on Horseback Antique Bookends
Located in Brunswick, ME
In 1859, with the discovery of oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania, B&H began producing kerosene burning lamps, which eventually replaced whale oil burning lamps.
Iron
Sold
H 24 in W 8.5 in D 8.5 in
Pair of 19th Century Bronze and Brass Stamped Indian Temple Oil Burning Lamps
Located in London, GB
Pair of 19th century bronze and brass stamped Indian temple oil burning lamps Item detail: We are proud to offer a pair of 19th century handmade bronze and brass Indian temple oil b...
Bronze
Cloisonné Oil Lamp by Theodore Deck
By Theodore Deck
Located in NYC, NY
A 19th century Japanese cloisonné enamel vase with an oil-burning lamp fittings. The body of the lamp is decorated with painted images of birds and foliage, and the tank, burner, and...
Brass, Enamel
Victorian 19th Century Lamp and Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This oil burning lamp, circa 1850, has been converted to U.S. wiring.
Onyx
19th century Onyx Marble and Reticulated Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Savannah, GA
Antique oil burning lamp converted to electricity. Features include reticulated bronze ormolu in a floral pattern with an onyx marble Corinthian column and base.
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 10.63 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Two French 19th Century Gilt Bronze, Champlevé Enamel and Onyx Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
These electric lamps were originally crafted in circa 1880 as oil-burning lamps.
Onyx, Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
Sold
H 19.75 in W 11.5 in D 11.5 in
Pair of Very Large American 19th Century Ship's Bow Lights with Fresnel Lens
By Perko Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
The black painted bow running lights have brass hinged tops and glass Fresnel lenses in blue and red. They no longer have oil burning lamps but have been electrified.
Brass, Sheet Metal
Sold
H 79 in W 67 in D 14 in
English Early Victorian Brass and Glass 2-Light Billiards Gasolier, ca. 1860
Located in Atlanta, GA
Formerly an oil burning lamp this billiards fixture is suspended from a long hexagonal down rod incised with Greek key decoration the down rod issuing two shaped arms ending in origi...
Brass
Brass student's lamp
Located in New York, NY
Electrified oil-burning brass student's lamp. Bears original oil resevior and ribbed red glass globes.
French 19th Century Victorian Floor Lamp
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Victorian era oil burning hoofed foot floor lamp with ram's heads surrounding the oil bulb.
Fine Pair of Spiral Glass Candlestick Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of fine lamps (originally oil burning), of glass, each a spiral column on similar molded glass plinth, in the Baccarat style; French wiring on each back (see image #8).
Glass
Pair of 19th Century, French, Lime-Green, Opaline Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of lamps, originally oil-burning, of lime-green opaline glass, each having a baluster form, with ormolu accents; lamped on serpentine base decorated with scrolling palmettes and...
Ormolu
Sold
H 9.06 in W 9.06 in D 5.52 in
Antique Victorian Silver Plated Twin Light Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
The classical urn shaped lamp was formally an oil burning table lamp that has been skillfully converted to electricity retaining the original and charming oil burning mounts It s...
Silver Plate
Sold
H 12.59 in W 5.9 in D 5.9 in
Large 19th Century Mythological Meissen Group 'Hero and Leander' by Juechtzer
By Christian Gottfried Juechtzer, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
With her right hand she holds a burning oil lamp over her head. With her left hand she reaches for Leander, who climbs onto the platform to hug her.
Porcelain
19th century American Double Student Kerosene Burning Oil Lamp
By Stern Brothers 1
Located in Savannah, GA
Double brass student kerosene burning oil lamp featuring an adjustable mechanism, double wicks and extinguishing levers that are marked Stern Bros.
Brass
Bradley & Hubbard Bookends-Ancient Greek Temple Columns & Arch
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Downingtown, PA
Between 1868 and 1875, Bradley and Hubbard secured 33 patents relating to the design and mechanics of oil burning lamps (in all, the company would eventually patent a total of 238 de...
Iron
Pair of 19th-Century Metal Louis-Philippe Lamps with Original Matching Shades
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1840, Louis-Philippe painted-metal oil-burning lamps, now converted to electricity, with their original matching shades.
Metal, Sheet Metal
Pair of French Cobalt Blue Lamps with Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
Bluer than Blue: A Pair of Cobalt Blue Porcelain Oil Burning Lamps Now Electrified & with Gilt Bronze Mounts & Silk Lamp Shades.
Ormolu
19th Century French Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Originally used as an oil burning lamp during the 19th century, this gorgeous table lamp has been professionally electrified.
Bronze
19th c. Neoclassical Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Originally an oil burning lamp, this handpainted piece has been professionally electrified.
Bronze
Sold
H 38 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
Pair of Yellow Tole-Ware Table Lamps with Decoupage, England, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
These might have originally been the bases for oil burning lamps. Note: The column dimensions are 23 1/4" height x 6 1/2" square without the brass stem and sockets.
Metal
A pair of porcelain vases from China c.1880 mounted as lamps
Located in Houston, TX
At the top of each vase is the original fitting for the oil lamp. The vertical shape is perforated with vertical grooves that allows the flow of air to the burning wick.
Bronze
1893 Eagle Oil Burning Floor Lamp
Located in Alhambra, CA
This oil burning floor lamp was created by Eagle and dates back to 1893 with very ornate brass parts and base.
Brass
Pompeiian Oil-Burning Hanging Lamp
Located in New Haven, CT
Here is another bronze lighting piece from our personal collection. It is a casting of the original found in Pompeii and it has acquired a beautiful patina. This whimsical example of...
Bronze
Pair of Silver Plate Corinthian Column Lamps
Located in Alexandria, VA
This pair of lamps were originally oil burning banquet lamps, converted to electricity in the late 20th Century.
Two 19th Century Port and Starboard Ship Lantern Lamps
Located in Culver City, CA
A closer look reveals a fuel feed, indicating that the lanterns were oil burning originally. These lamps are of great integrity of the construction.
Metal
Biedermeier Period Burl Walnut Console Table, Berlin, Germany c.1820
Located in Houston, TX
The wealthier a household was the more elaborate the furnishings could be because there was enough money available to keep fires blazing in all of the hearths as well as candles and ...
Gold Leaf
Pair of Maison Jansen Cobalt Blue Glass Table Lamps
By Maison Jansen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The design is based pieces created in the 19th century for oil burning lamps. The quality of the glass is exceptional and the color works beautifully with the satin finish of the ...
Brass
Bronze Table Lamp
Located in New Haven, CT
Here is a very rare example of a oil-burning table lamp that was taken from a Pompeiian Original.
Bronze
$1,604 / set
H 16 in W 4 in D 4 in
Antique Pair Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Green Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Oil Lamps with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of medium proportions, (see last image in s...
Ormolu
$1,867 / set
H 21.66 in W 13.78 in D 11.03 in
A Pair of Late 18th Century Delft Ceramic Table Lamps - De Klaauw Pottery
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A charming pair of late 18th century blue and white ceramic Delft vases, recently mounted as lamps. The vases are beautifully decorated with floral ornaments in the typical Delft st...
Delft
$3,215Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 14.18 in Dm 3.94 in
A Pair of 18th Century Chinese Porcelain Vases as Table Lamps with Gilt Bases
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of late 18th century Chinese export porcelain vases, now mounted as lamps, with polychrome decoration throughout, showing scenes of Chinese figures surrounded by a floral...
Porcelain
$285,000
H 60.5 in Dm 48 in
Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze & Baccarat Chandelier
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze (Ormolu) and fitted-Baccarat crystal (cut-glass) twenty-six-light figural chandelier with five large cher...
Bronze
$60,683Sale Price|20% Off
H 104.34 in W 153.55 in D 19.69 in
Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...
Glass, Walnut
$6,895Sale Price|30% Off
H 31.5 in Dm 22 in
Fine French Belle Époque 19th-20th Century Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Glass Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French Belle Époque 19th-20th century three-light gilt-bronze and cut-glass basket chandelier. The circular basket shaped banded gilt-bronze frame surmounted with three scroll...
Brass, Bronze
$9,850Sale Price|46% Off
H 38 in Dm 20.5 in
French, 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Glass Lantern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style pear-shaped gilt bronze and diamond-cut-bent-glass lantern. The ovoid gilt bronze body with a single light, surmounted with three ...
Bronze
Pair Japanese Imari Vases / Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century Japanese Imari facetted vases / lamps, each with classical floral and motif decoration, raised on wonderful French gilded ormolu oriental sty...
Porcelain
Exquisite Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier by Baccarat
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exquisite Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Thirty Six Light Chandelier By Baccarat Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat The circular palm-frond and guilloché corona ...
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Japanese Imari Porcelain Style Lamps, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of lamps in Japanese Imari porcelain style decorated with traditional figurative art, flowers and pagodas in pink and green tones on a white background within decorated borders,...
Porcelain, Wood
Pair of Large Japanese Imari 19th Century Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A superb pair of large 19th century Japanese Imari vases, decorated throughout in the typical palette of dark blues and iron reds on a white background with gilt highlights, the main...
Ceramic, Porcelain
$6,850Sale Price|62% Off
H 28.25 in Dm 24 in
Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Ten-Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze ten-light chandelier, the tapering leaf tip cast and fluted shaft over an urn form bowl issuing scrolling foliate arms upli...
Bronze
Pair of English Porcelain Hexagonal Imari-Pattern Lamps, Spode, circa 1820
By Spode
Located in New York, NY
Each richly painted in a typical palette on alternating sides with exotic birds perched amidst leafy flowering branches or white blossoms issuing from gilt foliate vines against a co...
$3,080Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 25.2 in Dm 13.39 in
Pair of Japanese Large cloisonné enamel Lamps , 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
Charming pair of cloisonné enamel vases from the Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912), each with a mauve background featuring pretty swallows fluttering among flowering branches and fol...
Bronze
$8,495Sale Price|32% Off
H 34.5 in Dm 22.25 in
A French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier, Six-Lights
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Charming French Louis XVI style gilt bronze six-light chandelier. Each candle arm conjoined with garlands above a cartouche ending with an acorn. The center stem with a floral loop...
Bronze
Large Pair of Octagonal Shaped Imari 18th Century Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of magnificent large scale 18th century Imari vases of impressive proportions. The octagonal shaped vases wonderfully decorated throughout in the Imari palette of predominantl...
Ceramic, Porcelain
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.
Warm chalet style meets cool Bauhaus functionality in Pietro Cascella’s cleverly carved creation.