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Finger lamp Queen anne, Ehrich & Graetz 20''' oil lamp with Victorian shade
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- čas přidán 1. 12. 2012
- Queen Anne #0 burner Lomax finger lamp & Ehrich & Graetz of Berlin "Matador" Brenner (burner in German) Both are from 1895-1905 timeframe. On the finger lamp, the Lomax drip-proof font was patented in 1870. There is a raised collar to contain oil spillage when filling the lamp. This design was licensed to several lamp makers of the day. The Queen Anne series burners where designed in the USA around 1880's and manufactured by a number of brass fabrication companies. This one was made by Scovill. The E & G brenner was cleaned and serviced by me in a previous YT video. It is now mounted on a large #3 size glass font with the collar changed to a European size of 1.5" which excepts the E & G burners 15''' & 20''' along with other Euro burners such as the Kosmos Brenner 14'''. The Opalescent shade is from the Victorian time period, about 1890's - early 1900's. It is from a hanging hallway lamp but the 4" fitter fits the 4" shade ring perfectly and looks good so I used it.
Very nice! I like the straight forward look of all three. Elegant, but not overdone.
Always wanted Erich & Graetz Matador with the galley lift. Snubber is a bonus. The best non pressurized indoors lantern.
My wife’s grandfather in Norway gave me my first European style round wick E&G burner with gallery lift. It’s in the hanging lamp in one of my videos. He bought it in the 1930’s and used it extensively to light his home for 45 years. I still have that hanging lamp with the E&G Matador burner and it still works great. The ones with gallery lift are somewhat rare, with the snubber rarer still. They turn up on ebay from time to time. Much more common in the EU then USA
To Greg Monks, oil lamps can be exceptionally bright and the flames cause a lot of glare and image retention to the eye so shades are a must to have a useful workable light, softening the glare to prevent ones pupils from contracting and making the room actually appear darker...on a Queen Anne burner, if you cut the wick perfectly knife-edge flat you will get a better burn and a fan-shaped flame, trimming the corners can cause incomplete combustion and unnecessary odour production. The hall lamp shade looks like an English 'Beehive' Duplex shade if you take the brass trim off it. Great video!
Thanks for the videos covering the beautiful functional E&G burners (one of my personal favs). I was hoping you could share a link with your followers of a good place to have lamp/burner repairs done. Thanks so much.
-Michael
Your right about decreased brightness when using colored shades. Back in the day everyday people probably didn't use shades as much because of the decreased light and also because the shades often cost more than the lamp. I think that wealthy Victorian homes may have used them more as decorative statements. We use ours more as mood lighting and the shades make the lamp very attractive for that purpose. I typically clean my lamps up because I use them. Not sure if that hurts the collector value.
Hello John. Miller made several types of burners but was most famous for its circular Juno lamp burner. The most common Miller Duplex being the Apollo burner. You can get a replacement chimney no problem. Measure at the base of the gallery opening to see the correct size base diameter for the chimney & order from oillampparts or milesstair. You can email either of them & verify fit. Ebay is the best place I have found to buy old lamp parts, once you know what you are looking for that is.
Nice video!, I love those E&G all singing all dancing Matador burners, I had a beauty once and cleaned it all up, a guy in Ireland bought it from me for about the price of a full lamp!
The hall lamp shade looks good, if you remove the brass trim left over from the old hanging fitting it becomes a regular Duplex 'beehive' shade, I have done this in the past with some hall lamp that has missing chains etc...
Regarding the 'line' measure in the comments on another of your videos, it's just a rarely used measurement using the same little dashes used for larger measurements in't he same scale; foot = ', inch = " and line = ''', inch being a twelfth of a foit and line being a twelfth of an inch (in general but this last measurement goes a little awry between manufacturers and countries) if you fold the round wick flat (squashing it as a tube along its length rather than opening it out as this is an example of a flat wick formed into a tube by the burner) then measure the inner width (rather than outer edge to outer edge) you should find that there are 20 twelfths of an inch, or there abouts fir a 20''' wick.
I notice you cut the corners off the queen anne wick, it shouldn't make too much difference if you use a refined odourless type fuel but if you use regular pump Kerosene it may cause odours as the lamp isn't burning properly when the lower edges of the wick may be below the top of the wick tube when burning and it can push unburnt fuel vapour (and likely other nasties) into the room. Lots of people complain of odour with regular Kerosene, but properly trimmed lamps that have clean, dust free burners should burn cleanly and without odour when properly trimmed and with a decent fan shaped flame. There is always a little odour when the burner is first lit and also in extinguishing due to vapour still being produced in the still hot burner.
You should check out a video I posted a while ago of 'my oil lamp storage unit' I think I posted it from my other account so maybe try searching that title if you are interested ;-)
All the best and keep it up, it's an interesting hobby!
I have Erich&Graeitz burner 20" with elevator and with snapper, low spreader.Good condition for sale.
The wicks top high that is why it smokes it should be flush with wick holder.
Hi , Evan congratulations , your vidéo ;) good job .
Best regards from France .
+jean noel fauré I have purchased many vintage lamps from France over the years. Your country must have produced millions back in the past. My wife's grandfather gave me an old E & G Matador lamp that he used in Norway for many years and he said that he grew up using them even into the 1980's. I noticed the UK is a good source for old lamps.
Hello Antsp1. They cost all different prices including free. For most I payed between $15-25 although I have paid over $100 counting shipping from Europe for one lamp that had a burner I wanted. Ebay has them all the time for reasonable sums. I've seen nice complete E & G 15''' or 20''' burners sell there for $15-40 range. Other circular burners are the B & H, Rayo, Miller lamps made in the US at the same time period. More of those around and some great prices on complete lamps. Again ebay.
We have an Ehrich & Graetz German oil lamp, where do you get the round wicks from?
ridewfo1 Try Miles Stair’s wick shoppe - milesstair.com You probably have a 20’’’ line size burner. The Kosmos Brenner wick Miles sells should fit. You can email him with info or a photo of your burner and he can make sure you get the correct wick.
Whoa! You are by far, too similar to me. I have a dozen and more lamps and also I possess a clock rather like that one! It is a very informative video for me at this time, because I am on the verge of buying a hanging lamp from Ebay. You gave me a pointer about the snuffer, (I should have thought about that). I have checked and now I know that it does have one. So, thank you!. The finger lamp looked a little overfilled though, for are they not to be carried around the house? I am only wishing you to be safe, for I am sure you know that anyway and it is static. Best wishes, from England.
We buy most of the Euro lamps from ebay UK and ebay France. Those ebay sites always have a good selection. Your lucky or unlucky, depending on your addiction, to be close to the source. Inga's relatives in Norway got use our first Matador Brenner and from then on we where hooked. The Matador with both gallery lift and snuffer are the hardest to find. As I recall that particular one came from France.
Where did you happen to find the font with the fitter shade that you happen to show at 3:13?
I have a question for you. Can I take the collar off a normal #2 oil font and replace it with a collar that is for a #20 matador burner. The matador has a two and a quarter metric thread base. I do not know if the glass base font with a #2 American collar has enough play in it that if I epoxied on a larger collar (for the Matador burner), if it will work. I think the Matador wick will go down the hole. None of the oil lamp supplier knew. I found a cobalt glass fount I like and I am thinking a #14 or a #20 burner. Either base will work with the same collar. I found a brass wall bracket I like that will fit the font. I just don't know if I can exchange the collars. I do not haft to tell you how superior the Matador is compared to the American burners. Aladdin are always breaking the mantle with my shaky hands or just a stray gust of wind will destroy it and there goes another twelve bucks. I lit a mantle once and it just popped the mantle with its own wind. BEST OF LUCK FROM SOUTH FLORIDA...
The Matador burner has a wick raiser that sticks down into the font and the diameter is too large to fit the neck opening of a font sized for a number 2 burner. Find a font with a number US #3 size collar and you should be able to replace with it with a European 39.4mm opening collar, commonly referred to as the Kosmos #14 size collar. This collar will fit Matador #15 & #20 burners and fit most #3 size USA fonts. The bottom opening is 2.5", threaded top opening is approx 1.5". Checkout Oillampparts dot com for more info.
but i want to buy the e&g oil lamp because i want to know an offer
I have Antique R Ditmar Duplex Made Germany Kerosene Oil Lamp Burner Victorian Era In26
How expensive is one of These?
Hello Evan, I'm an oil lamp collector and I want to know the price of the matador 20" oil lamp with Victorian shade thanks.
The goat! Hello the price varies greatly. I have paid as little as a few dollars to over $100 for a E&G 20 line burner. Condition and features drive the price. But also getting lucky at a garage sale or antique shop. Original Victorian shades can be very expensive. Expect to pay between $50 up to $500 for a rare one. The Hallway or entryway shade shown in the video was $40-50 as I recall. These shades are more plentiful and hence the lower prices. Search Matador lamp on ebay and you will see many at varied prices
Does anyone know what type of glue is used to to glue a brass collar to a glass fount?
crazy observations actually the old method is to use plaster