Japanese Champlevé Bronze Floor Lamp, Meiji Style, Elephants, 1880
Located in Montreal, QC
Column has alternating sections with champlevé decoration, cast bronze patterning with animal faces, and others as plain bands of bronze, terminating with a bowl in the same pattern ...
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Victorian Brass Oil Lamp with Cranberry Glass Font and Corinthian Column
Located in Suffolk, GB
An antique Victorian brass oil lamp with cranberry glass font, raised on a finely cast Corinthian column with fluted stem and stepped square base.
Brass
Victorian Brass Floor Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
Originally an oil lamp with decorated font over a Corinthian capitol and fluted columnar support, square base and brass paw feet.
Brass
19th Century English Silver and Crystal Columnar Form Banquet lamp
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This finely detailed and unusually large English columnar form oil lamp features a cut crystal font and Neoclassical motifs.
Silver Plate
Victorian Bronze Student Lamp, Adjustable Double Arm, Circa 1880s
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian style (1st half 20th Century) bronze adjustable double arm student lamp with oil font supporting green glass shades Not electrified, kerosene or ornamental use only.
Bronze
French Late 19th Century Brass Bouillotte Table Lamp with Adjustable Tôle Shade
Located in Lincoln, GB
Originally produced as an oil lamp, the ceramic font is elegantly modelled with a gently waisted baluster form, enhanced by softly moulded bands and finished in a beautifully even ce...
Brass
Mid-19th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Cast brass Hanukkah lamp, Poland, circa 1860. "Bench" style Hanukkah lamp, fronted with oil fonts.
Brass
19th-20th Century Quilted Glass Lamp with Oil Font
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th-20th century quilted glass lamp with oil font New wiring.
Glass
19th Century Gilt Bronze Lamp with Crystal Oil Font
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century gilt bronze lamp with crystal oil font New wiring.
Crystal, Bronze
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Bronze Column Lamp with Crystal Oil Font
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 20th century neoclassical bronze column lamp with crystal oil font.
Crystal, Bronze
Unavailable
H 27.5 in W 6.25 in D 6.25 in
19th-20th Century Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Column Lamp with Crystal Oil Font
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th-20th century neoclassical gilt bronze column lamp with crystal oil font New wiring.
Crystal, Bronze
Unavailable
H 30 in W 7 in D 7 in
Mid 19th Century Ruby Glass Font Oil Lamp w/ Clear Twisted Glass Column C. 1865
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Mid-19th century ruby glass font oil lamp with gold floral decorations and a clear, twisted glass column and base.
Glass
Victorian Brass Column Oil Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A Victorian brass column form oil lamp with font and globe.
Early 20th Century Brass Standard Lamp
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
Early 20th century brass standard oil lamp, telescopic column, gadrooned 'font', triform base, lion paw feet - 22"diam x adjustable height - converted to electric - The lampshade(s) ...
Brass
Unavailable
H 15.5 in W 5.5 in D 9 in
Set of 4 Brass and Bronze Candle Hurricane Lantern Sconces, England, 1890
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand hammered brass repoussé wall lamps, circular brass oil font body with pierced fret quatrefoil, four-leaf clover design which is often found in Gothic architecture originating fr...
Brass
Antique American Oil Lamp With Hand Painted Font and Brass Filigree Base
Located in New Orleans, LA
An American Victorian oil lamp having an outstanding hand painted floral font, cast brass filigree base, hand blown chimney and it's original burner and parts.
Brass
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H 34 in W 6.25 in D 6.25 in
Antique Palmer & Co. Empire Bronze & Crystal Oil Lamp with Cut Glass Font C1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique oil lamp by Palmer & Co., dating back to circa 1840.
Bronze
Pair of Victorian Brass Telescopic Standard Oil Lamps
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Victorian Brass Telescopic Standard Oil Lamps the circular oil font on quadruple foliate and flowerhead scroll supports, central reeded adjustable foliate scroll uprights, ci...
Brass
Pair of Silver Plated, Column-Form, Electrified Oil Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of silver plated, column-form, electrified oil lamps with cut crystal oil fonts, England, Ca. 1900.
Crystal, Silver Plate
Antique Pair of Rubina Glass and Brass Electrified Oil Parlor Lamps, circa 1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique pair of electrified oil parlor lamps feature rubina glass fonts with crown form design and raised on Corinthian column form bases, professionally rewired, circa 1840.
Brass
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H 13 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
Antique and Rare EAPG Flint Glass Comet or Horn of Plenty Amethyst Oil Lamp
By McKee
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique and rare early American Pattern glass oil lamp features amethyst flint glass font in Comet or Horn of Plenty font by Mckee Sandwich Glass, reeded bronze column on marble base...
Marble, Bronze
Highly Decorative Victorian Five Font Oil lamp
Located in Peekskill, NY
With a 28 inch diameter and 5 complete highly decorative oil lamps this chandelier presents itself as a very impressive fixture. Each lamp has a clear glass chimney and a floral etch...
Brass
Antique Classical Cornelius & Co. Solar Lamp, circa 1890
By Cornelius & Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Classical solar oil lamp by Cornelius & Co. offers font with maker label surmounting reeded column and square base, ruffled rim frosted shade with etched decoration, elect...
Metal
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H 28.75 in Dm 8 in
Antique Figural Gilt Bronze Gone with the Wind Lamp, Classical Woman, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique gone with the wind figural lamp features cast metal base with statue of classical woman with gilt dress and urn raised on foliate tripod base surmounted by oil lamp with p...
Metal
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H 41 in W 29 in D 29 in
Antique English Aesthetic Brass Oil Lamp Chandelier with Gilt Blue Opaline Fonts
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique English Aesthetic partially electrified oil lamp chandelier offers cast brass angular frame with central oil lamp electrified and having hand painted cameo shade, six arms...
Crystal, Brass
Victorian Oil Lamp with Painted Floral Font and Duplex Burner, c.1890
Located in Worcester, GB
Victorian Oil Lamp with Painted Floral Font and Duplex Burner, c.1890 A decorative late Victorian oil lamp of good scale and presence, dating to around 1890 and fitted with a brass ...
Opaline Glass
Victorian Telescopic Brass Standard Oil Lamp
Located in Worcester, GB
Victorian telescopic brass standard oil lamp English, nineteenth century. Brass font with telescopic shaft.
Brass
Pair of Antique Hand Held Glass Pedestal Oil Lamps, circa 1830
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pair of antique pressed glass hand held oil lamps feature ball form font on footed pedestal base and with handles having thumb rests, circa 1830.
Glass
Antique Figural Bronze Gone with the Wind Gilt Art Glass Oil Lamp, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Gone With The Wind figural oil lamp features art glass font with gilt foliate garland decoration surmounting bronze portrait sculpture of Classical woman mounted on steppe...
Marble, Bronze
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H 33 in Dm 5.5 in
Antique French Figural Bronze Gone with the Wind Gilt Art Glass Lamp, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Gone With The Wind figural oil lamp features frosted glass font surmounting bronze portrait sculpture of French warrior raised on foliate decorated hexagonal cove m...
Bronze
Sold
H 44.5 in W 48 in D 48 in
Rare & Monumental Antique Miller Brass & Cased Emerald Glass Chandelier C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
***Reduced Delivery Rates - See Below or Click “Ask The Seller” to Request a Quote*** Monumental Antique Miller Brass & Cased Textured Emeralite Green Glass Four Light Oil Lamp Chan...
Brass
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H 58 in W 18.5 in D 18.5 in
W A S Benson, An Arts & Crafts Copper and Brass Telescopic Standard Oil Lamp
By W.A.S. Benson
Located in London, GB
An Arts & Crafts copper and brass telescopic standard oil lamp retaining the original oil lamp font.
Brass, Copper
Victorian Bronze Cobalt Blue Glass Font Oil Lamp Converted to Electric
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A lovely Victorian style cobalt blue cut glass font oil lamp raised on a patinated bronze fluted column and base, with cut glass shade, This beautiful table lamp has been converted ...
Bronze
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H 23.75 in Dm 6 in
Pair of French Cut-Glass Font Oil Lamp Converted to Electric Etched Glass Shades
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A lovely pair of electrified cranberry colored cut-glass font oil lamps raised on a patinated bronze fluted column, all on a solid bronze square base, France, circa 1910-1920.
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-...
Brass
Antique Bradley and Hubbard School Aladdin Style Electric Student Oil Lamp
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Bradley & Hubbard School student oil lamp features Aladdin lamp form font on adjustable post and having cased glass shade, professionally rewired, circa 1890.
Turkish cast brass Lucerne oil lamp, c. 1890
Located in Chicago, IL
Turkish cast brass Lucerne oil lamp with a four spout font and fitted on a brass rod with circular base and an open shield shaped finial.
Brass
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