Kerosene lamp

Kerosene lamps were popularised in the mid-nineteenth century when Polish inventor Ignacy Łukasiewicz discovered that kerosene could be extracted from petroleum. Kerosene was a much cleaner, cheaper and brighter alternative to oil lamps or candles.

This lamp is unfortunately missing its glass chimney which would have protected the flame. It was made in the late nineteenth century by T Rowatt & Sons in England.