Oil Lamps in Back Cabins

[Derek R.]

Ooh! Diverting the topic - Lou brought this back from a brocante in France - 5 euro. A 'Cricket' spirit stove. Encrusted in filth, cleaned it up and went on Ebay. Only fetched a bit more:

The handle unscrews. The wadding was pretty dusty, hence the yellow flame - just warming up.

 

 

 

[casper ghost]

I rather hope that Turners at Wheaton Aston might do it - does anyone know if they do?

Powells & son in Bridgnorth sell parrafin from a pump, you just need your own container.

[carlt]

Ooh! Diverting the topic - Lou brought this back from a brocante in France - 5 euro. A 'Cricket' spirit stove. Encrusted in filth, cleaned it up and went on Ebay. Only fetched a bit more:

 

You should have posted it here.

 

That has just made my list of "must haves"

[Derek R.]

You should have posted it here.

 

That has just made my list of "must haves"

 

Yeah, bummer that. Only had two bidders, went for £6.50. You just never can tell. I'd have preferred you to have had it, think it was bought by an agent working for some Yank.

[Laurence Hogg]

Further to my post about traditional back cabin lamps, I have found a picture which shows a lamp fitted to a "Mr Green's" sconce. It is a GUCCCo butty cabin. I still have the pattern which BCC used and have been talking to Pete at Brenmarl to see if we could do a limited run, will depend on oil lamp aprts availability though.

 

[springy]

I dont know if this is a "home made" bracket or not but it works !

 

 

 

 

springy

Edited September 18, 2010 by springy

[carlt]

I dont know if this is a "home made" bracket or not but it works !

 

Definitely "home made" and definitely the best looking bracket I've seen.

 

Is there anyone out there that could make one?

[Derek R.]

Very good! And easy to clean. Looks like it has been mounted higher up at some time. Good lamp.

Brass tube, band, and some brazing skills - voila!

[springy]

The "S" is solid bar - probably better than tube for this purpose - which would have to be quite thick wall and would

be difficult to bend so tightly without creasing. The band is a solid ring which I presume was chosen as being the

correct size for the fount (or maybe a fount was found to fit the available brass ring) rather than being strip brazed

up to a suitable size.

 

It is a lot easier to clean than some of the fancy candle sconces.

 

springy

[Ronaldo47]

On 13/09/2010 at 15:02, Derek R. said:

You may not find what you want amongst these sites, but they are useful to gain knowledge on what is available with regard to spares and lamps in general.

Base Camp: http://www.base-camp.co.uk/

Stuga Cabana: http://www.hytta.de/

The second are in Dortmund, Germany, and the site can be translated.

The Lamp Guild may also be of interest, an independent and International organisation specialising in the study of liquid fuelled lamps.

The 'Repairs & Restorations' & 'Links' pages may be of use:

http://lampguild.org/Default.html?Defaulttext.shtml&1

 

Derek

I am glad I found this old thread. I had been looking for a replacement chimney for my late mother's oil lamp for more than a decade with no luck. The Stuga-Cabaña web site had an exact replacement for €9, plus €14.90 P&P.  For UK customers, when you place a order on-line, they email you a pro forma invoice for payment by bank transfer or, at a slightly higher cost, PayPal. I don't do on line banking or PayPal, so arranged transfer by SWIFT/IBAN at my local bank branch on18th Aug, and it was delivered, extremely well packed, this morning, 24th Aug. A perfect fit. 

 

Lots of interesting info on their web site, such as the fact that their wick widths are still expressed in terms of lines of the inch of the old French (actually Paris) foot (1 line = 1/12 inch).  

Edited August 24, 2020 by Ronaldo47
Typos, clarification

[David Schweizer]

If you post a photo of the chimney/burner and give dimensions, and would like to aquire a spare, I may have one in stock, or be able to direct you to a UK supplier.

Edited August 24, 2020 by David Schweizer

[koukouvagia]

I can vouch for David's expertise and his collection of all things to do with lamps. He found me a replacement when I broke mine.

[David Schweizer]

2 minutes ago, koukouvagia said:

I can vouch for David's expertise and his collection of all things to do with lamps. He found me a replacement when I broke mine.

Nice to hear from you Jim, and thanks for the compliment. I still have a selection of nice old duplex burners to replace that modern "geenhose heater" burner you have fitted at the moment. Hopefully the historic boat show will be on next year.

[frangar]

I’ve used this company for replacement glass. Found them very efficient 

 

https://jmoncrieff.co.uk/John-Moncrieff-oil-lamps-complete-oil-lamps-and-accessories-

[Jrtm]

On 12/09/2010 at 20:33, rrt2 said:

 

 

Piano sconce comes to mind. They were fitted as a pair either side of the music holder.

This is what I used then took the base off a big lamp and then fitted the top to the sconce

[Jrtm]

On 18/09/2010 at 21:34, springy said:

I dont know if this is a "home made" bracket or not but it works !

 

 

 

 

springy

Looks like the one on stour

[Jrtm]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Hinged-Brass-Wall-Bracket-Railway-Carriage-Lamp-Plant-Pot-Holder/264825280230?pageci=5b34a475-6a34-4aeb-b566-04e487865b36

 

Very sim to one above