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Late Victorian Brass Ceramic Oil Lamp on Black Glass Base
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Late Victorian Brass Ceramic Oil Lamp on Black Glass Base

19th century
Description

A Victorian Oil lamp brass with duck egg blue ceramic bowl with embossed decoration.

Standing on a black glass base.

In very good and usable condtion.

67 cm high 22 cm wide.

Can arrange postage to mainland UK

Physical Dimensions
Height
67cm (26.38")
Width
22cm (8.66")
Declaration

Junk Antiques & Interiors has dated this Victorian Brass Oil Lamp to the Victorian era.

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SA1193175
Description
A Victorian Oil lamp brass with duck egg blue ceramic bowl with embossed decoration.

Standing on a black glass base.

In very good and usable condtion.

67 cm high 22 cm wide.

Can arrange postage to mainland UK

Height
67cm (26.38")
Width
22cm (8.66")
Date of Manufacture

Junk Antiques & Interiors has dated this Victorian Brass Oil Lamp to the Victorian era.

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SA1193175
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A late Victorian oil lamp featuring a black glass stepped base, a fluted brass column, a light blue moulded ceramic reservoir, and a white glass shade with a clear glass chimney.
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A late Victorian oil lamp featuring a black glass stepped base, a fluted brass column, a light blue moulded ceramic reservoir, and a white glass shade with a clear glass chimney.
Late Victorian Brass Ceramic Oil Lamp On Black Glass Base
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A late Victorian oil lamp featuring a black glass stepped base, a fluted brass column, a light blue moulded ceramic reservoir, and a white glass shade with a clear glass chimney.
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  • ObjectOil Lamps
  • Period19th century
  • StyleLate Victorian
  • MaterialBrass, Ceramic, Glass
  • ColourLight Blue, Brass, White, Black
  • MotifsFluted column, Moulded drape ceramic reservoir, Stepped circular base, Milk glass dome shade
  • SizeH 67 cm (26 in) x W 22 cm (9 in)

This late Victorian oil lamp is an example of Victorian and Gothic lighting design. The piece incorporates a combination of brass, ceramic and glass materials in brass, light blue, white and black colours. It comprises a stepped circular black glass base, a fluted column supporting a moulded drape ceramic reservoir in light blue, and a white milk glass dome shade topped with a clear glass chimney. The lamp stands 67 cm high and 22 cm wide. Today, this functional decorative lighting piece works well placed on a sideboard top in a living room, hallway or study. It provides atmospheric illumination while serving as a traditional focal point for interior styling.

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A Victorian ceramic and brass oil lamp is a nineteenth-century domestic lighting fixture designed to burn kerosene or paraffin. Popularised in the late Victorian era, these lamps combined cast brass structural components, decorative ceramic fuel reservoirs, and glass shades to provide both illumination and stylistic elegance.

Victorian oil lamps were constructed using cast or stamped brass for the burners and columns, weighted black glass or cast iron for the bases, and glazed ceramics for the fuel font. The upper lighting elements typically featured hand-blown glass chimneys and opaque milk glass or hand-painted glass shades.

Authentic pieces display period-specific burner mechanisms often stamped with manufacturer marks on the wick thumb-wheel, natural age-related oxidisation on the brass surfaces, and distinct moulding seams or weight distributions consistent with nineteenth-century manufacturing methods.

A Victorian oil lamp functions well as a decorative accent on a wooden sideboard, console table, or fireplace mantelpiece. Placing the lamp against neutral or dark backdrop walls highlights the contrast between the polished brass, coloured ceramic font, and white glass shade.

Clean the glass shade and chimney using warm water and a mild detergent, avoiding abrasive pads. Metal elements should be gently dusted with a soft dry cloth; avoid harsh chemical polishes to protect any historical patina on the brass and ceramic glaze.
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