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Pair Antique Brass Whale Oil Lamp Candlesticks, Circa 1830's.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Brass Whale Oil Lamp Candlesticks, Circa 1830's.
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Antique Early 19th Century Candle Lamps

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Brass

18th Century Antique French Miner’s Whale Oil Lantern Brass Rooster 8"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique early 18th century French miner’s whale oil lantern, decorated with a brass rooster and
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Antique 18th Century French Provincial Candle Lamps

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Brass

Rare Porcelain Advertising Ware Table Lamp, Baltimore, circa 1840s
Located in Peabody, MA
, tureens and whale oil lamps) sold by the C. Levering Co. of Baltimore, and mounted as a table lamp itself
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Antique 1840s American American Classical Table Lamps

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Porcelain

Pair Antique Belle Époque French Vieux Paris Blue Porcelain Converted Oil Lamps
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Belle Époque French Gold Bronze Mounted "Vieux Paris" Cobalt Blue Porcelain Old Whale
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Early 20th Century French Table Lamps

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Bronze

MMM Whale Gold Pendant Lamp by MM Lampadari
Located in Geneve, CH
MMM Whale Gold Pendant Lamp by MM Lampadari Dimensions: D 34 x W 113 x H 30 cm. Materials: Metal
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal, Other

MMM Whale Gold Pendant Lamp by MM Lampadari
MMM Whale Gold Pendant Lamp by MM Lampadari
H 11.82 in W 44.49 in D 13.39 in
MMM Whale White Pendant Lamp by MM Lampadari
Located in Geneve, CH
MMM Whale White Pendant Lamp by MM Lampadari Dimensions: D 34 x W 113 x H 30 cm. Materials: Metal
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal, Other

MMM Whale White Pendant Lamp by MM Lampadari
MMM Whale White Pendant Lamp by MM Lampadari
H 11.82 in W 44.49 in D 13.39 in
MMM Whale Bronze Pendant Lamp by MM Lampadari
Located in Geneve, CH
MMM Whale Bronze Pendant Lamp by MM Lampadari Dimensions: D 34 x W 113 x H 30 cm. Materials: Metal
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal, Other

MMM Whale Bronze Pendant Lamp by MM Lampadari
MMM Whale Bronze Pendant Lamp by MM Lampadari
H 11.82 in W 44.49 in D 13.39 in
Pair Antique Sandwich Glass Whale Oil Lamps c. 1820
Located in Westfield, MA
This elegant pair of early 19th-century Sandwich Glass whale oil lamps is a striking example of
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Antique 1820s American Federal Torchères

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Glass

Late 18th-Early 19th Century Swing Post Mount Whale Oil Lamp
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A late 18th-early 19th century swing post mount whale oil lamp, a fine example of a ships or wall
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Antique 19th Century British Colonial Antiquities

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Iron

Majolica Humpback Whale Modern Ceramic Chandelier Made in Mexico Chandelier
By Lorenzo Lorenzzo
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Lorenzo had about a humpback whale. This hanging lamp is a testament to Lorenzo’s history of artistic
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Chandeliers and Pen...

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Ceramic, Clay

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Antique Turn of Century Ivory Sex Netsuke (Bonerific)
Located in Brunswick, ME
Titusville, Pennsylvania, B&H began producing kerosene burning lamps, which eventually replaced whale oil
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Early 20th Century Paperweights

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Brass

Large 19thC French Brass Rococo Revival Hanging Hall Lantern c.1880
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
improve the lamp, and when whale oil became plentiful in the early 1800's, lamps became as common as
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Antique 1880s French Rococo Revival Lanterns

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Brass

Bradley Hubbard B&H Gold/Gilded Bookends Federal Neoclassical Building w/Columns
Located in Brunswick, ME
Titusville, Pennsylvania, B&H began producing kerosene burning lamps, which eventually replaced whale oil
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Early 20th Century American Paperweights

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Iron

Fine/Detailed Gilded Antique B&H Cast Polo Players on Horseback Antique Bookends
Located in Brunswick, ME
, which eventually replaced whale oil burning lamps. By the 1890s B&H had showrooms in New York, Boston
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Early 20th Century American Bookends

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Iron

Whale Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
There she blows.... 50s whale form made into a light in the 70s on a chic lacquered metal base with
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Vintage 1950s English Table Lamps

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Metal

Whale Lamp
Whale Lamp
H 28 in W 22 in D 12 in
Brandt, Art Deco Dolphin Whale Lamp or Sconce, Chiseled Wrought Iron, Alabaster
By Edgar Brandt
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Art Deco Whale lamp or Sconce in wrought iron and Alabaster by Edgar Brandt (more about the artist
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

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Alabaster, Wrought Iron

Whale Shaped Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960s Italian whale shaped table lamp on a black and clear lucite bese. Original patina.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps

Italian Glass Whale Fish Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
A stylish Italian, clear blown glass whale fish-form lamp, on an oval antiqued brass base, likely
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Vintage 1950s Italian Table Lamps

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Brass

Italian Glass Whale Fish Lamp
Italian Glass Whale Fish Lamp
H 10.75 in W 14.5 in D 4.5 in
Amethyst Cut to Clear Glass Whale Oil Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
A 19th Century amethyst cut to clear glass whale oil lamp on an embossed brass column mounted on a
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Antique 19th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Brass

Pair of 19th Century Patriotic Cobalt Glass Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
A pair of 19th century patriotic whale oil lamps, the cobalt blue fonts with raised American stars
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Antique 19th Century American Table Lamps

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Brass

Anglo Raj Antique 19th Century Bronze Oil Lamp
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anglo Raj antique 19th century bronze Indian temple oil lamp. Whale oil lamp with 4 wick burners
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Antique 19th Century Indian Moorish Candle Lamps

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Brass

Set of Two Whale Oil Lamps from Whaler's Ship
Located in Haarlem, NL
would visit us. Many times he brought scrimshaws sperm whale teeth that he tried to sell. He once gave
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Antique 19th Century Dutch More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Iron

Whale Tail Mirrored Reflector Oil Wall Lamp - Signed Wheeler 1882
Located in Peekskill, NY
Wheeler mirrored reflectors are highly sought after and the whale tail examples are there most
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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Wall Lights and Sconces

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Bronze

Pair of Whale Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of whale chenets made into lamps on acrylic bases. New wiring.
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20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of Whale Lamps
Pair of Whale Lamps
H 19.75 in W 13.5 in D 7.25 in
Antique 19th Century Japanese Gold Bronze Whale Oil Lamp 'Now Electrified'
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century Japanese gold bronze whale oil lamp (Now Electrified). Shade shown is 18
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Milk Glass Star and Moon Electrified Whale Oil Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
A pair of 19th century American milk glass whale oil lamps, decorated with embossed stars and
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Antique 19th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Antique 19th Century American Milk Glass Oil Lamp
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th Century American whale oil lamp. Colorless spherical EAPG glass font, high-lead opalescent
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Antique 1870s American Late Victorian Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Cottagecore 19th Century Antique Hand Blown Glass Table Lamp, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
whale oil lamp. 19th century The lovely urn form body of this lamp would have been originally filled
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Antique 19th Century Rustic Table Lamps

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Blown Glass

Electrified 19th Century Gimbal Whale Oil Ship Lanterns
Located in Dallas, TX
Three 19th century, now electrified, gyroscopic whale-oil lamps constructed of iron ribs with a
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Antique Early 19th Century American Rustic Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair of Whale Hunt Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hand made, one of a kind pair of large South Carolina pottery urns with "Whale Hunt" decoration as
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21st Century and Contemporary Table Lamps

Materials

Pottery

Pair of Whale  Hunt Lamps
Pair of Whale  Hunt Lamps
H 22 in Dm 11 in
Pair of Electrified Oil Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of brass oil lamps with whales as the oil containers and shells as the deflectors. Whales are
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Early 20th Century Unknown Table Lamps

PAIR English Regency Silvered Argand Lamps
Located in Woodbury, CT
A PAIR of electrified Sheffield 'process' silvered Argand lamps. Whale or lamp oil was
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps

Pair of French Porcelain Table Lamps.
Located in Seattle, WA
whale oil lamp - oil was stored inside the lid - before electricity took over.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Table Lamps

Eagle Headed Serpent Aladin Style Oil Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare neoclassic silver over brass whale oil form lamp mounted on eagle talon footed base with
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Antique Late 19th Century European Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Very Large French Painted Wrought-Iron Hanging Lantern, circa 1890
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
, helped to improve the lamp, and when whale oil became plentiful in the early 1800s, lamps became as
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Antique Late 19th Century French Lanterns

Materials

Wrought Iron

Glorious Early 19th Century French Tôle Peinte Hexagonal Hall Lantern circa 1810
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
. Experiments in Europe and America, after 1750, helped to improve the lamp, and when whale oil became plentiful
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Antique Early 1800s French Empire Lanterns

Materials

Tôle

Anglo-Chinese George III Blown Glass and Metal Hanging Lantern, circa 1780-1800
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
. Experiments in Europe and America, after 1750, helped to improve the lamp, and when whale oil became plentiful
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Lanterns

Materials

Metal

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How Much is a Whale Lamp?

Prices for a whale lamp start at $750 and top out at $3,500 with the average selling for $1,175.
Questions About Whale Lamp
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A whale oil lamp is a lamp that uses whale oil for fuel. Whale oil lamps were largely made from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Antique whale oil lamps are collectibles today and an older specimen will be a striking addition to your mantel or display cabinet. Find a collection of antique and vintage whale oil lamps on 1stDibs today.

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