Antique Model 5/6 ALADDIN Hanging Oil Lamp, Ca. 1915-16

Antique Aladdin Model 5/6 Hanging Oil Lamp, Ca. Aladdin Model 5/6 Hanging Lamp.

About 13 3/4 wide overall. Lamp itself about 20" tall to top of chimney and about 14 1/2" tall to top of shade.

Lamp about 8 tall to top of burner. Font about 6 1/2 in diameter at widest point.

Shade about 12 in diameter at widest point (the bottom). Manufactured by The Mantle Lamp Company of America, Ca. Burner thumb wheel marked THE MANTLE LAMP COMPANY OF AMERICA 1915-16 ALADDIN MODEL NO.

Non-destructively electrified (can easily be converted back to Kerosene). Dent on side of font; some small chips/flea-bites on top edge of shade. Success fueled by the extra-ordinarily bright light produced by these lamps. The history of Aladdin Lamps (as detailed by Bill Courter in his book "Aladdin the Magic Name in Lamps") has been traced back to about 1907 with the importation of. German incandescent mantle burners into the U. These incandescent mantle burners produced an extremely bright light especially when compared to conventional Kerosene lamp burners. It was not, however, until 1908 that the Mantle Lamp Company of America was formed and until 1909 that the company offered its first lamp bearing the name "Aladdin". The Model 1 Aladdin lamp line consisted of three table lamp models, two hanging lamp models, a wall-mounted lamp and an oil pot lamp. The Aladdin lamps were in fact manufactured for The Mantle Lamp Company by Plume & Atwood, the giant Connecticut company that specialized in, and more or less dominated, the manufacture of metal lamps and metal lamp parts.

Over the next few years, improvements were made in the design of the lamps (including the burners and mantles) and several new models were introduced while the older models were phased out. It appears that model numbers were incremented annually, even if the changes from the previous model were only cosmetic. However, beginning in about 1915, because of the war in Europe, a major change took place as German made parts were phased out and replaced by all American made parts. In 1915, The Mantle Lamp Company was awarded a gold medal at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco; their Model 6 Aladdin Lamp was declared to be "the best Kerosene lamp in the world". The company was quick to exploit this award in their advertising and marketing and to remind customers of this honor, they stamped the dates "1915-16" on the wick adjusting wheel of the Model 6 lamp.

We've read that this was the only model of the Aladdin lamp to have the dates stamped on the wick wheels. And a model 5 font. The burner on this lamp has been non-destructively electrified; that is an electric socket, with wiring and a bulb, has simply been inserted into the center tube of the burner. This insertion did not damage any of the existing parts; the electric socket can easily be removed from the lamp and just as easily replaced if one wishes to do so. We're not sure how complete the burner is. It appears to be missing a flame spreader and, of course, a mantle; we're not sure how the mantle would have attached to the burner.

Although there is a tubular wick in this lamp, the wick adjusting wheel is not adjusting it and we can't see how it is supposed to adjust the wick. The adjusting wheel turns freely but it does not appear to be connected to anything that would touch or move the wick. The lamp is also missing a smoke bell (there is a hook for such a bell at the top of the harp--the frame from which the lamp is suspended). The white milk glass shade is original to the lamp, and the clear glass chimney is an authentic Aladdin chimney and is marked Aladdin Reg.

Trade Mark at its top; their is also a faint remainder of a location, probably Chicago, below the words RegTrade Mark, but only the letters U. By the time this lamp was made, The Mantle Lamp Co. Was contracting with independent glass houses in the U. To make their shades and chimneys.

Condition of this lamp: Overall this lamp is in good condition. There is a sizable dent in the side of the font (see the fourth photo) and the metal, if one desires, could stand to be cleaned and polished.

There are also some small chips, or flea-bites on the top edge of the white milk glass shade. These are fairly minor and do not show when the shade is secured in its mounting bracket above the lamp. The lamp comes with a tall (12 3/4) clear glass chimney (described above) which fits into the burner gallery and extends upward well into the metal flue above the shade.

The chimney is in fine condition. As mentioned above, the lamp also comes with a push-in electric socket, electric wiring and a bulb so that it can be used as an electric lamp. Measurements are provided below the first photo to the left. For many years we had this lamp hanging over our kitchen sink and used it with its electric socket and bulb to light the area. Recent renovations to our kitchen have deprived this lamp of its place and so we are offering it here so that it could, perhaps grace someone else's home or lamp collection.

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Want to meet other miniature lamp collectors? Please check out our other auctions. A knowledgeable eBayer has just pointed out to us that the font pictured in this listing is, in fact, a Model 6 font and not a Model 5. We have verified this information and are adding this note to the listing to let those viewing the listing to know that the lamp being offered is a Model 6 Aladdin Hanging Lamp with both a Model 6 burner and a Model 6 font. Thank you for your interest in this listing and we apologize for any inconvenience or confusion our error may caused.

The item "Antique Model 5/6 ALADDIN Hanging Oil Lamp, Ca. 1915-16" is in sale since Wednesday, December 30, 2015. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Lamps, Lighting\Lamps\ Non-Electric\Kerosene". The seller is "kayschwartz" and is located in Stockton, New Jersey.

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• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States