Oil-based illuminant (illuminant, n.d.)

Type of hardware

Nation of origin

unknown

Date of first manufacture

unknown

Examples of this hardware

Argand lamp (oil-based illuminant, c.1783)
Paraffin illuminant (oil-based illuminant, n.d.)
Parisian (oil-based illuminant, Theobald & Co., n.d.)
Refulgent (oil-based illuminant, Newton & Co., n.d.)
Triplexicon (oil-based illuminant, W.C. Hughes, n.d.)

Dimensions

unknown

Production

Original retail price

unknown

References

John Barnes, ‘The Barnes Museum: catalogue excerpts’ in NMLJ 1.2 (February 1979), pp. 5-6

T.C. Hepworth and J.H. Pepper (comp. Tony Dugdale), ‘A brief history of the lantern’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 4

Mike Smith, ‘Pamphengos pair’ in NMLJ 1.3 (March 1980), pp. 7-9

‘Some illuminants’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 14

Lucerna ID 2000047

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 October 2011

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Oil-based illuminant (illuminant, n.d.)