39/2005
Domestic Appliances
Oil lamp with brass and glazed earthenware body and glass chimney, made by George Jones in Birimingham c.1885.
oil lamp
39/2005
George Jones (manufacturer)
James Hinks & Son Limited (manufacturer)
1885 (manufactured)
Stoke-on-Trent (manufactured)
Birmingham (manufactured)
Birmingham (manufactured)
Victorian (1837-1901)
The reservoir 39/2005-2 slips into the main body resting on the brass lining of the base, 39/2005-1. The brass oil burner 39/2005-3 sits on the reservoir. The glass chimney 39/2005-4 is positioned within the oil burner. The shade is mainly covered with frosted glass with a central band of scalloped decoration with frosted glass stylised leaf and flower decoration on a clear ground.
Height: 60.3cm
Width: 22.8cm
Width: 22.8cm
Lighting
oil lighting
oil lighting
Label text for 'Lighting the home' case, Information Bay 5, Geffrye Museum, 2010:
Oil lamp, 1885
Brass and earthenware, manufactured by George Jones, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Oil lamp, 1885
Brass and earthenware, manufactured by George Jones, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire