Kerosene lamps from the 19th century represent a significant development in lighting technology and played a crucial role in illuminating homes, businesses, and streets during that era. Kerosene is also known as liquid paraffin.

Prior to the introduction of kerosene lamps, lighting options were limited to candles, oil lamps, or gas lamps. Candles were the most common source of light, but they were expensive, produced limited illumination, and posed a significant fire hazard. Oil lamps, fueled by various vegetable oils, were an improvement over candles, but they were still prone to smoke, odor, and the risk of fire. The arrival of kerosene lamps in the mid-19th century marked a turning point in lighting technology.

Kerosene, a flammable hydrocarbon liquid derived from petroleum, became a popular fuel for lamps due to its clean-burning properties and relatively low cost. Kerosene lamps were more efficient and produced a brighter, steadier light more...

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A Victorian pink glass oil lamp, crane motif, etched glass shade

A Victorian pink glass oil lamp, crane motif, etched glass shade

A large painted pink tinged opaque glass and metal oil lamp,…

A large painted pink tinged opaque glass and metal oil lamp, 19th century, 65 cm high 34 cm diameter to the shade

A Victorian pink glass kerosene lamp on cast metal base, height…

A Victorian pink glass kerosene lamp on cast metal base, height 57 cm, comes with glass chimney

Banquet lamp, late 19th century spirit burner, brass base with…

Banquet lamp, late 19th century spirit burner, brass base with reeded Corinthian column, pink glass font with molded foliate decoration, with spherical etched glass shade, (crack to font), height 94 cm

A tall kerosene lamp with metal column stem, pink pressed glass…

Etched Ball Pink Glass Kerosene Lamp - 63cm Height

A tall kerosene lamp with metal column stem, pink pressed glass font and etched ball shade, height 63 cm

A metal based kerosene lamp with pink font and cut glass…

Pink Metal Kerosene Lamp with Cut Glass Chimney

A metal based kerosene lamp with pink font and cut glass chimney with sash detail, height 50 cm

A Victorian banquet lamp, with cut pink glass reservoir and…

Victorian Pink Glass Banquet Lamp

A Victorian banquet lamp, with cut pink glass reservoir and etched shade, raised on a classical Corinthian column and square stepped base, the double burner marked 'Duplex'. Height 80 cm. Height 79 cm.

An antique banquet lamp, onyx and gilt metal column base, pink…

19th Century Onyx and Pink Glass Banquet Lamp

An antique banquet lamp, onyx and gilt metal column base, pink glass font, black button double burner with bayonet mount and acid etched shade, 19th century, 75 cm high overall

Dietz & Davis Paris and Co limited banquet lamp, pink blush…

Pink Blush Banquet Lamp with Foliate Detail

Dietz & Davis Paris and Co limited banquet lamp, pink blush font with crimped edge and frosted finish shade. Foliate detail to top central brass column terminating with lion mask detail on stepped foot base

An ornate brass kerosene lamp with pink Ombre opaque glass font…

Pink Ombre Brass Kerosene Lamp with Floral Shade

An ornate brass kerosene lamp with pink Ombre opaque glass font and floral shade, height 55 cm

A pink glass kerosene lamp decorated with Fleur de Lis on…

Pink Fleur de Lis Kerosene Lamp on Iron Base

A pink glass kerosene lamp decorated with Fleur de Lis on ornate iron base, height 44 cm

A pair of antique oil lamps with quilted pink glass shades and…

Antique Oil Lamps with Pink Quilted Glass Shades

A pair of antique oil lamps with quilted pink glass shades and fonts, single burners on brass and cast metal bases, 19th century, 51 cm high

A fine banquet lamp, embossed pink reservoir, etched bulbous…

Embossed Pink Banquet Lamp with Cast Iron Base

A fine banquet lamp, embossed pink reservoir, etched bulbous shade with a cast iron base

An early to mid 20th century Grecian decorated pink glass…

Pink Grecian Glass Kerosene Lamp - 50cm Height

An early to mid 20th century Grecian decorated pink glass kerosene lamp with stepped base, height 50 cm

An antique French milk glass fuel lamp, late 19th century, with…

French Milk Glass Fuel Lamp with Gladiator Mechanism

An antique French milk glass fuel lamp, late 19th century, with mechanism by gladiator, a floral sprigged shaped font upon a waisted and cup form stem to a broad base, with brass mechanism, and a conical pink and white glass shade with rose and ribbon…

Antique pink glass kerosene lamp on ornate brass base, enameled…

Floral Enamel Pink Glass Kerosene Lamp on Brass Base

Antique pink glass kerosene lamp on ornate brass base, enameled floral decoration and glass flute

French pink vaseline glass parlour lamp of unusual design

Unusual French Pink Vaseline Glass Parlour Lamp

French pink vaseline glass parlour lamp of unusual design

A Victorian brass and pink vaseline glass table lamp, the…

Victorian brass and pink vaseline glass table lamp

A Victorian brass and pink vaseline glass table lamp, the tapering pedestal cast in low relief with dolphins and compasses amidst foliate scroll, the cylindrical reservoir and frilled shade with tendrils and flowerheads, height 60 cm

A Victorian brass and pink vaseline glass table lamp, having…

Victorian Brass and Pink Vaseline Glass Table Lamp

A Victorian brass and pink vaseline glass table lamp, having pressed glass lobate reservoir and shade with flowers and scrolls, the Aesthetic movement pedestal with two spheres and spreading foot, height 68 cm (overall)

An antique oil lamp with pink hand-painted font and black…

19th Century Pink Hand-Painted Oil Lamp

An antique oil lamp with pink hand-painted font and black button double burner, 19th century, 59 cm high

An antique French milk glass fuel lamp, late 19th century, with…

French Milk Glass Fuel Lamp with Gladiator Mechanism

An antique French milk glass fuel lamp, late 19th century, with mechanism by gladiator, a floral sprigged shaped font upon a waisted and cup form stem to a broad, base, with brass mechanism, and a conical pink and white glass shade with rose and ribbon…

Antique glass & brass banquet lamp ornamental pink glass font,…

Antique Pink Glass & Brass Banquet Lamp

Antique glass & brass banquet lamp ornamental pink glass font, to brass column, on circular foot, with glass funnel, height 65 cm approx, total).

A Second Empire oil lamp, the base in gilt and patinated bronze…

Gilt Bronze Putti Oil Lamp with Etched Glass Shade

A Second Empire oil lamp, the base in gilt and patinated bronze in the form of a putti on a neoclassical column with floral garlands, with an acid etched pink glass shade and clear glass flu and oil well. French circa 1870. 73 x 15 cm

Victorian kerosene table lamp. With pink milk glass font &…

Victorian Pink Glass Kerosene Table Lamp

Victorian kerosene table lamp. With pink milk glass font & etched glass shade. Estate late Lily Mathieson, height 62 cm

A pair of French 19th century oil lamps, Madeleine Castaing,…

French 19th Century Floral Oil Lamps with Ormolu Mounts

A pair of French 19th century oil lamps, Madeleine Castaing, Galerie Etienne Thuriet Now electrified, of baluster form with pink ground and reserve of floral spray, with ormolu mounts, 81 cm high

19th century banquet lantern with etched shade, pink glass font…

Etched Shade Banquet Lantern with Lion Mask Base

19th century banquet lantern with etched shade, pink glass font and decorative lion mask base

An antique French oil lamp, later 19th century, unmarked,…

French Porcelain Oil Lamp with Brass Mounts and Glass Collar

An antique French oil lamp, later 19th century, unmarked, having an ovoid porcelain font decorated with transferware zygo cactus and birds upon an ivory ground, with brass mounts, a pink petal form glass collar, and chimney, height 46 cm

Two antique oil lamps both with pink glass fonts, 55 cm high…

Pink Glass Antique Oil Lamps - Pair

Two antique oil lamps both with pink glass fonts, 55 cm high tallest

Pair of spirit lamps early 20th century, EPNS base with pink…

EPNS Spirit Lamps with Pink Glass Shades (44cm)

Pair of spirit lamps early 20th century, EPNS base with pink glass shades, height 44 cm

An antique French fuel lamp, early 20th century, with a ceramic…

French Ceramic Fuel Lamp with Floral Design

An antique French fuel lamp, early 20th century, with a ceramic globular font decorated with floral, bird and insect, transferware designs, raised on a circular metal base, with original mounts, and fittings, glass chimney and a pink domed glass shade,…

A fine French argand or Quinquet type bronze oil lamp, 19th…

French Renaissance Revival Bronze Oil Lamp

A fine French argand or Quinquet type bronze oil lamp, 19th century, with maker's mark of Love & Harvey, Paris, finely modelled in the Renaissance revival manner as an antique style oil, lamp with a central stem and spreading base, original burner…

A small French earthenware oil lamp, late 19th century, by…

French Earthenware Oil Lamp with Pink Glass Shade

A small French earthenware oil lamp, late 19th century, by Keller et Guerin, Luneville, a pear-shaped earthenware base with bird and floral transfer decoration, supporting a brass mechanism and a globular pink glass shade with a ruffled, rim, maker's…

A Victorian 'Messenger's no 2 Duplex' banquet lamp, 19th…

Victorian Duplex Banquet Lamp with Cranberry Shade

A Victorian 'Messenger's no 2 Duplex' banquet lamp, 19th century, with a cast pyramid style base with mascarons to each face supporting a Corinthian column and a moulded pink opaline glass font, with the original fittings, a glass chimney and a cranberry…

A Victorian pink glass and brass kerosene banqueting lamp, the…

Victorian Floral Banqueting Lamp

A Victorian pink glass and brass kerosene banqueting lamp, the glass base and reservoir decorated in polychrome enamels with floral patterns, the burner with twin wick. Height (incl. chimney) 60 cm

Antique Victorian pink milk glass kerosene lamp, with etched…

Victorian Pink Milk Glass Kerosene Lamp with Etched Shade

Antique Victorian pink milk glass kerosene lamp, with etched clear and ruby glass shade, 65 cm high

Duplex pink glass banquet lamp with chimney & shade on a brass…

Pink Glass Banquet Lamp with Brass Base

Duplex pink glass banquet lamp with chimney & shade on a brass column base, height 72 cm

Magnificent Victorian oil lamp, with clear glass chimney above…

Victorian Oil Lamp with Corinthian Column and Etched Shade

Magnificent Victorian oil lamp, with clear glass chimney above moulded and etched shade, above pink two toned bowl, supported on Corinthian column, on stepped sqaure foot, height 83 cm

Early oil lamp with brass column, frosted pink glass font and…

Pink Frosted Oil Lamp with Etched Shade

Early oil lamp with brass column, frosted pink glass font and etched shade

Exquisite 19th century banquet lantern with silvered and brass…

Antique banquet lantern with etched pink shade

Exquisite 19th century banquet lantern with silvered and brass decorated alabaster base and reservoir, an etched pink shade with masks in relief and chimney (electrified)

Victorian corinthian column oil lamp with pink glass shade and…

Pink Glass Victorian Oil Lamp with Corinthian Column

Victorian corinthian column oil lamp with pink glass shade and reservoir

A late Victorian banquet lamp with hand painted birds and…

Victorian Bird and Flower Banquet Lamp

A late Victorian banquet lamp with hand painted birds and flowers on pink glass body clear flute. Height 69 cm

Antique Miller banquet lamp with heavy brass base, pink ceramic…

Miller Banquet Lamp with Brass Base and Pink Pedestal

Antique Miller banquet lamp with heavy brass base, pink ceramic pedestal & ornate brass font, 93 cm high approx.

A Victorian brass kerosene lamp with pink glass shade and…

Victorian Brass Kerosene Lamp with Pink Glass Shade

A Victorian brass kerosene lamp with pink glass shade and reservoir. 68 cm high

Early Victorian banquet lamp with pink glass font, chimney and…

Pink Victorian Banquet Lamp with Etched Shade

Early Victorian banquet lamp with pink glass font, chimney and etched shade

Brass column banquet lamp with painted pink font and ruby shade

Ruby-Topped Pink Brass Banquet Lamp

Brass column banquet lamp with painted pink font and ruby shade

A tall cut crystal parlour lamp with pink glass

Pink Crystal Parlour Lamp

A tall cut crystal parlour lamp with pink glass

A tall Miller banquet lamp on a heavy fretwork brass base with…

Tall Miller banquet lamp on brass and ceramic base

A tall Miller banquet lamp on a heavy fretwork brass base with four feet, a pink ceramic pedestal trimmed with white, supporting an ornate brass font decorated with a shield pattern, a single round burner and spreader arms supporting a white milk glass…

An Art Deco table lamp on a black fretwork metal pyramid base…

Art Deco Pink Glass Table Lamp on Fretwork Base

An Art Deco table lamp on a black fretwork metal pyramid base supporting a salmon pink milk glass font decorated with embossed geometric motifs, with a single burner and simple glass chimney height 50 cm

A small French Art Nouveau desk oil lamp, with pink blush…

French Art Nouveau Desk Lamp with Pink Blush Glass Shade

A small French Art Nouveau desk oil lamp, with pink blush moulded glass shade, single burner, cranberry blush frosted glass font resting on a brass floral emblem fretwork base from the collection of P. D. White part III 45 cm high

A Victorian kerosene lamp, the ornate four footed metal base…

Victorian Floral Kerosene Lamp

A Victorian kerosene lamp, the ornate four footed metal base with an inverted baluster glass stand, painted with purple and pink flowers and green leaves, the brass oil reservoir with etched glass shade and chimney. Height 68 cm

Satin glass pink oil lamp on brass base

Pink Satin Glass Oil Lamp on Brass Base

Satin glass pink oil lamp on brass base

Brass banquet lamp converted to Electricity with Corinthian…

Corinthian Column Electric Banquet Lamp

Brass banquet lamp converted to Electricity with Corinthian column supports, cut glass font and frosted and pink glass shade. Height 75 cm

A Victorian kerosene lamp, the pyramid shaped metal base…

Victorian Vaseline Glass Kerosene Lamp

A Victorian kerosene lamp, the pyramid shaped metal base decorated with florals, the oil reservoir of pink vaseline glass decorated with daisies and leaves, with original etched glass shade and chimney. Height 57 cm

Victorian parlour lamp with pink reservoir and shade and cast…

Indian-Headed Victorian Parlour Lamp with Pink Shade

Victorian parlour lamp with pink reservoir and shade and cast iron base with American Indian heads and feathers to the corners

Oil lamp with pink satin glass mushroom shade and font on cast…

Pink Satin Glass Oil Lamp on Cast Iron Base

Oil lamp with pink satin glass mushroom shade and font on cast iron base (nick to shade)

Oil lamp, silver plated column with pink striped font & shade

Silver Oil Lamp with Pink Striped Shade

Oil lamp, silver plated column with pink striped font & shade