Which type is most common?

The brass column lamp of about 1890 to 1930. Brass appears in 1,134 of 3,536 titles and column in 401, with the Corinthian version accounting for 291. Reeded, fluted, doric and barley-twist stems follow behind, and Edwardian and Victorian labels sit across the same span.

Do lamps come with shades?

Usually not. Shade is named in only a small fraction of titles, and the archive sells bases alone or a base paired with a later shade. That is simply how the category trades on Sellingantiques.

Yes. Some 883 titles, almost a quarter of everything, describe a pair or a near pair rather than a single lamp. Pairs also account for nearly every listing at the top of the range, particularly in marble, ormolu, bronze and Chinese porcelain.

What does rewired mean in a listing?

New flex and fitting. The word appears in 590 titles. A further 505 say PAT tested, the portable appliance safety check. Electrical wording runs through this category more than most.

Were older objects turned into lamps?

Often. Candlesticks, vases, altar sticks and oil lamps were converted to electricity from the 1880s onward, which is why so many antique lamps are older objects on newer fittings. Converted Chinese and Japanese vases are the clearest group, with famille rose, celadon, Imari, Satsuma and blue and white all recurring, many titled as vase or lamp. Oil appears in 144 titles, a reminder of what these shapes replaced.

What unusual lamps have turned up?

Kashmiri papier-mâché lamps form a pocket of 91 titles, and mushroom-domed cut-glass lamps another 72. The true one-offs include a Rolls Royce car inspection light, a Cornish serpentine lighthouse, a Scottish tea-canister lamp, a billiard light and an oak newel-post lamp.

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Antique Table Lamps

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Electric lamps from the late Victorian, Edwardian and inter-war years, along with older candlesticks, vases and oil lamps rewired to stand on a table.