Antique oil lamp identification can be a bit tricky, considering there are many reproduction antique lamps on the market. The thing is, a genuine antique oil lamp can sometimes be quite valuable, so ...

If old lamps turn you on, here`s some important news for you. Catherine M.V. and Carl Thuro`s stunning oil lamp collection-probably the world`s largest and most varied-will be auctioned in three ...

A rare, 4th-century CE ceramic oil lamp recently discovered during Israeli Antiquities Authorities excavations near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem will be displayed to the public for the first time ...

Many 18th-century lamps used oil to get light. If whale oil was not available, the lamps could use olive oil. The oil was kept in a reservoir, usually metal, that had three or four burners with wicks.

Terracotta lamp from Anatolia with curled-up sleeping dog in high-relief (1st-4th c. CE) (all images courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles and all featured in ‘Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul ...

A rare 1,700 year old oil lamp, decorated with Temple symbols - menorah, incense shovel and lulav, was found in Jerusalem during Israel Antiquities Authority excavations. The ceramic oil lamp from the ...