❤🎉old oil. Lamps.

Beautiful lamp and beautiful shirt😃

Pretty reasonable price. Nice duplex lamp. When you burn it the wick ends must adjust down below the burner dome, or the lamp will will smoke and stink. Also, then the snuffers will actually snuff out the wicks. I don't know why your insurance company would care if you lit it. They are actually very safe to burn IF you know what you are doing. I burn mine all the time in the house of a fall/winter evening.

I still have a tiny antique oil lamp. Used to have a few oil lamps. Love the way they burn. If I could find a restored one like that I’d buy it. No leave his shirt alone…lol

Old technology sometimes is the way to survive crisis scenarios for sure.

@DavidHarperAntiquesTV

Жыл бұрын

So true

dear David and Vincent, cool video and nice to learn about these lamps!

I’ve a couple of these in storage, one brass and the other cast base and Vaseline glass, I’ll have to root them out and use them soon..👍

so beautiful -like the shirt ???

What a stunning lamp. I also love the sheep tea-towel behind Vincent!

@DavidHarperAntiquesTV

Жыл бұрын

Get in touch with Vincent, I’m sure they’ll post it!

@sjt609

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidHarperAntiquesTV I kept looking for the sheep tea towel but couldn't see it. I love sheep items.

Amazing. Leave the poor man alone. It's a lovely shirt.

I recently, and totally out of the blue developed a fascination with old oil lamps, found one at a tip for 3 quid, cleaned it and serviced everything. Two months later I've rescued brazed & fixed another, got another to fix that's been buried 50 years, and parted together another 5 😂 It hurts my heart when I find them desecrated with electricity. The Barn in long Marston has three that would be worth 150 a piece, with holes drilled through them 😑

@DavidHarperAntiquesTV

Жыл бұрын

Made to last!

beautiful lamp etc

Never went out for me! My da used railroad lanterns whenever the power went out. I still do the same.

@DavidHarperAntiquesTV

Жыл бұрын

lovely

That's a spectacular lamp! My uncle lived in an old settlement called Newburyport, Massachusetts and he had numerous antique items . He owned a healthcare home for the elderly and some of the residents sokd him items. My uncle gave me a stunning oil lamp, silver base, with a beautiful crystal shade. I've never seen anything like it, its usual and quite magnificent. Christie's Auctions come to Ontario every few years, and I hope to take it there and get an appraisal. Fabulous video, thank you. xx

@DavidHarperAntiquesTV

Жыл бұрын

How lovely. These things often have great connections to people long gone. Using them like generations did before is a little like time travel

Beautiful lamp and I like the shirt, it would go well down here on the gulf of mexico.

@DavidHarperAntiquesTV

Жыл бұрын

It’s not exactly the English Lake District, but it suits him!

I have an oil lamp I once gave as Xmas present to my mum and dad...I had it back when they both died...need to get some wicks but nearest place is Fenny Stratford/ Stony Stratford but can't drive over there since having my stroke in March... maybe now I could order online but it's getting the right width!!...I love the glow myself and handy in emergencies power cuts etc!!😉❣️

@DavidHarperAntiquesTV

Жыл бұрын

Should be able to get them online. Contact Vincent, I’m sure he’ll know where you can get them

Asthmatics…. Beautiful thing not very healthy. Still enjoying “Get it right…. Get it wrong”

@DavidHarperAntiquesTV

Жыл бұрын

good point! Thanks for watching ‘Getting it Right…and getting it wrong! We’re loving making the shows!

Have fire extinguishers close by. Paraffin/lamp oil not kerosene, gas or other. Wicks must be trimmed and chimneys cleaned daily. Keep out of reach of children and away from play areas (thrown toys, bumped tables, pulled tablecloths). Weight the base with bags of rice especially for ones like this with a high centre of gravity.

@markthoms385

Жыл бұрын

Never leave unattended. Also beware of cats tipping them over.

Would be a good idea, but how can I choose the right fuel? My grandpa said if I cannot use, they can explode and kill me.

@DavidHarperAntiquesTV

Ай бұрын

If you contact the antiques Centre. The dealer there should be able to advice

@tamarajurisic8523

Ай бұрын

@@DavidHarperAntiquesTV Thank you very much. I have just the problem of the cat in the house.

It certainly isn't to save cost with lamp oil going from $21 and up per gallon. Batteries for LED are reasonable, store for 10 years, and a pack for $15 to $20 will give hundreds of hours and the light will be completely portable.

@DavidHarperAntiquesTV

Жыл бұрын

aha, but think of the romantic nights with the flicker of an oil lamp!

Will invalidate insurance.

@manifoldnook1

Жыл бұрын

Really? You can't have an oil lamp in the UK?

If people are going to start using oil lamps there's an added danger of causing a fire