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.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Candle Lamps
Materials
Brass
Whale Oil Lamp
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/post mount whale oil lamp, which swings from the top as the spike is fixed to a post...
Category
Antique 19th Century British Colonial Antiquities
Materials
Iron
Rare Porcelain Advertising Ware Table Lamp, Baltimore, circa 1840s
Located in Peabody, MA
A rare porcelain bottle (circa 1840-1850) hand painted with images of stock (jugs, pitchers, tureens and whale oil lamps) sold by the C. Levering Co. of Baltimore, and mounted as a t...
Category
Antique 1840s American American Classical Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Two Early 19th Century Oil Lamp Clocks with Glass and Pewter Detailing
Located in Nottingham, GB
This rare pair of North European whale oil lamp clocks exemplifies a fascinating intersection of practical lighting and rudimentary timekeeping from the early 19th century.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Pewter
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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.
Category
Early 20th Century Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Bradley Hubbard B&H Gold/Gilded Bookends Federal Neoclassical Building w/Columns
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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.
Category
Early 20th Century American Paperweights
Materials
Iron
Fine/Detailed Gilded Antique B&H Cast Polo Players on Horseback Antique Bookends
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.
Category
Early 20th Century American Bookends
Materials
Iron
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 American craftsmanship from the 1820s.
Category
Antique 1820s American Federal Torchères
Materials
Glass
Set of Two Whale Oil Lamps from Whaler's Ship
Located in Haarlem, NL
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 ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Dutch More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Iron
Anglo Raj Antique 19th Century Bronze Oil Lamp
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Anglo Raj antique 19th century bronze Indian temple oil lamp. Whale oil lamp with 4 wick burners. Fantastic patina and great scale.
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Moorish Candle Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of American Blue Glass Fluid Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
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.
Category
Antique 1870s American Folk Art Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
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 complex and rare. This rare reflector fitted to a decorative bronze Victorian railroad ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
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" diameter.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
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 white Milk Glass scalloped square base with tapered stem, brass connector, No. 1 fine-...
Category
Antique 1870s American Late Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
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 triple gimbal to steady the burning flame in the heaviest seas or winds.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Rustic Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wrought Iron
Cottagecore 19th Century Antique Hand Blown Glass Table Lamp, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
Antique 19th Century Rustic Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
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 square marble plinth base.
Category
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 and striped shields over fluted and shaped milk glass bases.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of French Porcelain Table Lamps.
Located in Seattle, WA
A screw is holding vase and base together. A former whale oil lamp - oil was stored inside the lid - before electricity took over.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Table Lamps
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.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown 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 hand hammered shade suspended by chain from an eagle headed serpent form handle concea...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Arts and Crafts 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 poured into the central urn canisters and burned for lighting.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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 circles or full moons, on fluted tapering columns and shaped square bases.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
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Whale Oil Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the whale oil lamp you’re looking for. Frequently made of metal, brass and bronze, every whale oil lamp was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a whale oil lamp — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right whale oil lamp, those designed in neoclassical styles are of considerable interest. A well-made whale oil lamp has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Bradley & Hubbard are consistently popular.
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