Telecommunications
1858
Oil lamp base for Thomson mirror speaking galvanometer, made by Dietz and Company, City of London, England, 1858
Lighting
1835-1845
Whale oil pewter lamp, candlestick form, c.1840
Therapeutics
Oil lamp, brass, with long spout and protruding wick, from Edward Jenner's cupping set.
Mining & Ore Dressing
1860-1881
Safety lamp, Mueseler no.16, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: E. Thomas, Aberdare, marking: makers name, 1860-1881
1839-1857
Safety lamp, Stephenson, by George Knight & Son, London, marking: makers name, 1839-1857.
1880-1889
Safety lamp, Marsaut, no.1, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, c. 1885
Reproduction of an Ancient Roman Bronze Lamp
1820-1860
Safety lamp, Davy with shield, marking: G. Moore
1801-1900
Primitive lamp, a stone used as floating wick holder, marked Shetland
100-1 BCE
Pottery 'shell' form oil lamp, from Egyptian tomb, Romano-Egyptian, c.1st century BC. This lamp is basically a saucer with a pronounced lip which has been contorted to form a long slender wick channel spout to support the wick, thus resembling the natural form offered by a shell, from whence this lamp form derives.
Microscopes
Reconstruction of the oil lamp used by Robert Hooke with his original compound microscope, as illustrated in his 'Micrographia' of 1665, probably made by J. R. Baker.
Pottery oil lamp with face carving, from Egyptian tomb, Romano-Egyptian, c.1st century BC.
1855-1857
Lamp set on spike,used at zinc and lead mines of Pont Pe'an near Rennes, Brittany, c. 1855
Classical & Medieval Medicine
100 BCE - 300 CE
Terracotta lamp with loop handle and moulded design of copulating couple, Roman(?), possibly from Cyprus, 100BC-300AD
200-400
Graeco-Roman Egyptian earthenware wick spout lamp with corn\wreath motif on upper surface, buff colour, 3rd - 4th century AD.
Romano-Egyptian pottery oil lamp with 'frog' motif, 3rd - 4th century AD.
1801-1865
Miners lamp, one of two, with suspension hook used in the coal and ironstone pits of Ayrshire, N.B. pre 1865.
1790-1810
Pair of annular wick lamps with wall bracket
300 BCE
Roman terracotta oil lamp with raised representation of bird and grapes, approx 60mm diameter
Red-glazed terracotta lamp with moulded desgin of copulating couple, Roman, from Italy, 100BC-300AD
Pottery lamp in the form of a man crouched and clutching onto an erect penis, complete with testicles, two loops for suspension
300-300
Small roughly circular clay lamp, decorated with relief figures of woman and satyr(?) copulating, mainly black in colour, Roman, 300BC-300
Small circular terracotta lamp, decorated with relief figures of man and woman copulating, Roman, 300BC-300
Primitive lamp, a stone used as floating wick holder
Coal Mining
Safety lamp, Protector Lamp Lighting Co., Eccles, Salford.
701-1200
Glass lamp, pale green, cylindrical body, erected rim, with stem tapering to a bulb, Byzantine, 8th to 12th centuries
Microscopy (Wellcome)
1880-1930
Lamp, possibly for microscopical use, brass, by Jordan, Manchester, 1880-1930
Asian Medicine
Brass statue of Lakshmi holding a bowl, used as an oil lamp, Indian, 1801-1900
Temple oil lamp with ladle, brass, Indian, 1801-1900
Roman style oil lamp, green glazed, approx 65 mm diameter, unknown maker and provenance.
Broken fragment of terracotta lamp with moulded design of human and animal copulating, Roman or Cypriot, Mediterranean, 100BC-300AD
1701-1900
Silver buddhist oil lamp or libation cup, Tibetan, 1701-1900
c. 1780-c.1830
Early glass lamp in the form of a candlestick (10 3/4")
100 BCE - 200 CE
Roman terracotta oil lamp with impressed head of Isis
Lamp, bronze, late 19th-early 20th century copy of Roman original, motif of two women at wash basin, 200 BC-200 AD
1827
Safety lamp, Upton and Roberts, Davy type, from the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines, 1879-86, maker: Knight, Foster Lane, marking: makers name
26/10/1970
Premier 'Cleveland' lamp. Acetylene hand lamp.
Sea shell used as floating wick lamp - Cornwall
200-300
Small terracotta lamp, with moulded decoration of figures copulating, probably Roman, 200BC-300AD
Terracotta lamp with broken spout and moulded design of copulating couple on couch, Roman, no provenance details, 100BC-300AD
Broken terracotta lamp cover showing copulating couple, Roman, from Italy, 100BC-300AD
Small black pottery lamp in form of reclining female, holding a basket, wearing garlands and tow in hair, Roman, 300BC-300
Glass lamp, pale green, cylindrical body, rim broken off, with stem tapering to a bulb, Byzantine, 8th to 12th centuries
Small terracotta lamp with mauded scene on top, shown a physician examining a patient, possibly a 20th century reproduction, or Roman 100BC-300AD
Roman terracotta oil lamp with raised pattern of vine leaves and grapes, approx 78mm diameter
Meteorology
Lamp by Tyer & Co Ltd, London
Oil lamp, pair of hanging oil lamps with large black tops, probably heat shields, and nickel lamp parts. Lamp is mounted in circular holder hung from two think arms. Flame is open, single wick burner, adjusted by square key.
Wolf lamp, 1971, coal mining collection.
Sea shell used as floating wick lamp, Cornwall
Brass drip case and spout type lamp, with bird in fountain feed
