About Us In the early 1990's we discovered that many Canadian users of Aladdin Mantle Lamps were having difficulty locating parts & supplies for their lamps here in Canada. We became an Aladdin dealer and business grew over the next few years and by 2000 we were the Aladdin Mantle Lamp Company's (AMLCo) largest Canadian dealer.
Antique Lanterns, Lamps, Barn lanterns, Railroad, Hand Forged, Bradley Hubbard, Colored Glass. Hand-blown citrine colored glass oil lamp featuring donut shaped reservoir with bowl attached. Gadrooned base, handle, and edges indicates European origin. Oil Lamp, Shield and Star Pattern, Finger Lamp, Stand Lamp, Colorless Glass. Determine the price of antique oil lamps, including patterns, glass color, and rarity; learn these traits and more in this free diy collectors video from an antiques dealer collection expert. The fastest and esiest way to identify your aladdin lamp and the history that goes with it. People still lived by the flickering light of flat wick oil or kerosene lamps. The 1930's and 40's saw lamps made of colored glass, and included the now.
Today we ship lamps and parts to all of Canada's provinces and territories. Over the years we have added additional product lines to supply replacement parts for other types of kerosene lighting, heaters and refrigerators. We also repair & restore old kerosene lamps so they are functional once again.
Many items are priced but because of fluctuating exchange rates some new items are not. Please contact us for current pricing and availability. ATTENTION - The Detailed Operating,Tuning and Service Manual for Aladdin Lamps is now available for DOWNLOAD. Arrangements for a printed copy are being finalized. For ordering details look under the 'Miscellaneous' tab for 'OTManual'. Contact Us Email: keroseneconnection@gmail.com Telephone: (705) 636-9530 We do mail order or you can drop in for a visit but please call ahead.
We also have parts for sale at the 'Roadshow' 400 Antique Market just south of Barrie & Inglewood Antiques on Hwy 10 south of Caledon. Please note we visit these shops only to restock and are not in regular attendance. New Honey Amber Grand Vertique now available. Place your order now only 150 made.
Pictures and details are under the New table Lamps tab. Scroll to the bottom.
We do not have any of the cobalt blue Grand Vertiques left. Just a few of the new Dietz lanterns left - selling them at clearance prices. Check out the collection of Aladdin electric lamps, Mammoth store lamps, railroad and marine lighting plus new & old flatwick oil lamps added under the 'Other Lighting' tab. Now in stock - new Angle Lamp Glass - made in USA.
Elbows have both top & bottom set screw recess - Both Plain opal crimp top & ribbed chimney tops - Just arrived red crimp top.' Aladdin' & 'Lox-On' are trademarks of Aladdin Industries LLC Nashville TN.
Kerosene Glass Lamps - Separating New from OldIncreasing numbers of new glass kerosene lamps have been coming on the market. This includes everything from small finger-lamps to multicolored banquet lamps. New lamps continue to be made overseas as well as here in America.The new kerosene lamps are generally quite good quality. Like any other mass produced items, however, pattern detail and overall quality vary from piece to piece.
One of the catalogs from a new lamp wholesaler claims its lamps 'were made using the original antique lamps as models.' Regardless of pattern, there are several ways to identify these new lamps: 1– how fonts and bases are joined; 2–hardware; and, 3–colors. Font-to-Base JointsThe easiest first test to catch new glass lamps is to simply expose them to black light. The vast majority of all new glass lamp fonts and bases are glued together. Vintage glass kerosene lamps were fused together when the glass was hot.
All the pressed glass lamps we purchased for this article, which came from several sources, were glued. Even knowing what to look for, it is difficult to detect the glue in ordinary light with the naked eye. But every new joint fluoresces brightly in black light (Fig. Old joints that are fused, not glued, do not fluoresce at the base-font joint.Pure acetone has no effect on the modern glue. Neither does any one of several other solvents and paint removers.
The new lamps were finally were separated after boiling them in water for about 5 minutes. ( CAUTION: The boiling water test is mentioned purely to prove that the lamps are indeed glued. This procedure should be considered hazardous and is not recommended as a test for new and old.) HardwareAnother clue to age is the metal hardware. This includes the metal fitting collar into which the burner screws; metal filling holes through which fuel is poured; and metal font-to-base connections.With rare exceptions, all old metal hardware is mounted or joined to the glass with plaster.
Antique Glass Kerosene Lamps
By contrast, almost all new metal hardware is glued. This glue also fluoresces brightly under long wave black light. Another clue to new metal hardware is wide or empty spaces between the metal and the glass. There are no empty spaces in old joints; the entire joint is packed with plaster (Figs. 6-7).Don't be fooled by elaborate new hardware such as you might find in larger lamps like the new Cathedral lamp in Fig.
Vintage Lamp Markings
The hardware joining the base and font looks complicated but it is just another form of a glued joint. A metal plate is glued to the bottom of the font. A bolt passes through this plate on into the glass base where it is fastened with a nut.Old glass fonts intended to be used with metal connectors generally have fairly long glass pegs (Fig. 5) molded on the base of the font.
Packing plaster around the peg held the old font in the old metal connector. New fonts designed to be glued into new metal connectors or glued to a glass base, have only a slightly raised bump (Fig. 4) on the bottom of the font, not a peg.The long bolts generally used in new hardware are threaded their entire length (Fig. Old bolts are threaded only on the last 1/2-inch or so. Nearly all the old bolts are packed in plaster so they don't move. Most new bolts are loose within the metal plate (Fig. 10).All but two pieces of new metal hardware on these lamps were brass plated, so it's tempting to say all the new hardware is plated.
But that isn't true. Connections on the new Cathedral lamp are solid brass. What the hardware is made of isn't as important as how it's fastened to the glass. Keep in mind, however, that old hardware can be put on new lamps.
They might even be put on with plaster. Colors & SizeMany of the new lamps are being produced in colors and color combinations not originally made. A list of new pressed glass kerosene lamps including colors and sizes appears at the end of this article. If an original was only made in clear, any colored examples would obviously be highly suspect. 11-13 The new Shield and Star lamp in Fig. The new Sweetheart or Beaded Heart lamp in Fig.
The Sweetheart lamp is available in many colors. The base and font of the new lamps in Figs. 11 and 12 are glued together. One of the most ambitious pressed glass reproductions is the 12½' Cathedral banquet lamp in Fig. The Cathedral lamp is sold in combinations of blue and amber.
Antique Oil Lamp Value
In old lamps, plaster was used to secure the metal collar; the new collar is glued. The bolt in the new metal connector is fully threaded; old bolts were threaded only on the end. 16-18 Left: The new Princess Feather lamp is made in both tall and short versions (shown here is the short). Center: New Coolidge Drape lamp. Right: New lamp called Daisy Heart by the wholesaler.
So far we have not been able to find an old example. It is currently offered in clear and pink but may have been made in additional colors. All these new lamps are glued together at the base and font.