Kerosene lamps provide ambience from an earlier century. They serve as a light source safer and more powerful than an open candlestick. In the past, they were used on trains and horse-drawn carriages.

Bulk lamp oil in 1- or 2 1 /2-gallon containers lowers cost-per-hour of candlelight to 2 1 /2 cents per hour. Not all of today's oil candles are the same, however.

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 ...

Old oil lamps are igniting renewed interest from collectors seeking decorative accessories that can still, if needed, provide light. The lamps are also collected as examples of early American ...

a new survey uncovered americans’ most unique, impressive and bizarre collections. from a collection of nearly 100,000 sports cards to one person’s fingernail clippings accumulated over an ...

You can find the real thing — a quick search for “vintage oil lamps” on eBay reveals 4,155 choices as I write, some quite lovely, although “vintage” is a fuzzy term. In any case, beware old models ...

The glass font on this whale-oil lamp was made of colorless glass covered with ruby glass overlay cut into a design. The 10 1/2-inch lamp, made in New England, sold for ,870 this summer at Green ...

It is interesting to realize the antique, “coal-oil” lamps my grandparents relied on were new inventions as recently as Great-Grandma Russell's young adulthood. The first kerosene, manufactured in the ...