MINERS' OILWICK CAP LAMPS

Cast Aluminum with Match Striker.

J.H. Anderson - Edinburgh Scotland

Rollins Patent made by Hunt & Connell

Trethaway Bros.

Harrison Patent Lamp

W. Falconer & Son - Dalkeith Scotland

Trethaway Bros. - Parsons, PA

Trethaway Bros.

Vacuum Oil Co.

Rudolf Zicha - Cleveland, Ohio

Wolf Safety Lamp Co.

Bishop Bros. - Archbald, PA

J.J. Murray

Copper Dunlap Pat. Apld. For

A. & J. Grant - Fauldhouse

Presentation Lamp

Presentation Lamp

Initialed Brass & Copper Lamp

Shielded Dunlap with Spout Cover

E.F. Long Patent Lamp

F.E. Spry

  Hardsocg Imperial Lamp with Weaver & Hough Patented Shield

Unmarked Shielded Lamp

Carbon Lamp

Shielded Grier Bros. Lamp

Forsyth & Caldow - Stepside       Kilmarnock Scotland

James S. Robinson

J. Melville - Lochgelly Scotland.

Sheet M.S. & Mach. Co. - Pittsburg, PA

John D. Gills Sons - Phillipsburg, PA

Koch Patent Lamp made by Wm.Tunnessen

The Gill Lamp

Lee Bros. - Plymouth, PA

L.B. Potter & Co. - Scranton, PA

Brass Lamp with Cap Brace

Twin Spout Lamp - England

Trethaway Bros. - Parsons, PA

Magic Cityl Lamp

John Spence & Sons    Airdrie & Coatbridge

Thomas Hall - Irvine Scotland

Grier Bros. - Pittsburgh, PA

Fred B. Zais - Frostburg, MD

John Muir Lamp - Scotland

Hoover Bros.

Perfection Lamp with J.R. Watts Patent Wick Raiser

Shielded Beall Bros..

Husson Lamp Knippenberg Mfg. Co.           with Removable Stick

M.M. Buck - St. Louis.

Unmarked

Unmarked

Vertical Spout.

Unmarked

F. Sturges & Co. - Chicago

Trethaway Bros.

Unmarked

T.F. Leonard

Unmarked

Unmarked

Miners Supply Co.

Highspout Trethaway Bros..

T.F. Leonard

Davis & Magee Patent Lamp with removable Font Insert

Keystone Oil Supply Co. made by Trethaway Bros.

Williams Patent Lamp with Spout Cover

I.E. Swift Co. - Ishpeming, MI

Shielded Copper Trethaway Bros.

Husson No. 3 Knippenberg Mfg. Co. - Oshkosh, WI

Winfield Patent Lamp

W.B. Bertels Lamp

Trethaway Bros.

Husson No. 20

M. Hardsocg Imperial Lamp

Crown  -  Wm. Tunnessen

D.D. Williams Patent Lamp

Miners' oilwick cap lamps were used in the U.S. from the 1860s into the early 1920s in some areas with the first patent for a miners' oilwick lamp being granted to Wm. Seybold on May 13, 1862 and the last patent being granted to Stanley Yellen on Apr. 20, 1915. Of the 119 oilwick cap lamp patents awarded 70 were granted in the state of Pennsylvania with the remainder being divided among 14 other states. The lamps with single wall spouts were designed to burn a liquid fuel while those with double wall spouts were designed to burn liquid fuel or a paraffin based solid fuel sold under the brandname "Sunshine".

Aluminum Trethaway Bros.

Fred Beiter

Pittsburgh

C&T Supply Co.

   Pittsburgh

Bishop Bros.

Archbald, PA

D.P. Highberger

    Irwin, PA

             E.Wells

Successor to D.P. Highberger

M.&M. Progressive Co.

          Pana, IL

M&O

  William Morgan

Mahanoy City, PA

The Highberger

P.F. Lennon

Scranton, PA

Unmarked Copper with Square Font

M&O

Miner's Choice

McMasters

Unmarked Copper & Brass- Scotland

Lamb & Dunn - Scotland

A. Caldow - Kilmarnock Scotland

Unmarked German Silver Presentation Lamp

Thomas Robertson - Dalkeith Scotland

Gardner & Richards Little Gem No.1

McClave Patent Lamp

                                 Indestructible

made by the American Safety Lamp & Mine Supply Co.

Partial stamping - Valve Co. Chicago

                C.L. Anton Liberty

Monongahela City, Washington Co. PA

Consolidation Coal Co. Frostburg, Maryland

Trethaway Bros. Parsons, PA

Trethaway Bros. Parsons, PA

Thomas R. Tasker - German Silver

  G.D. initials in hook

German Silver & Brass

Unmarked

Lehigh Valley Coal Co.

Fancy Engraved Shoulder

H.J. Richards Patent

Trethaway Bros. Parsons, PA

Unmarked

C.H. & W.G. Dowd     Scranton, PA

Unmarked German Silver

Trethaway Bros. Parsons, PA

J. Parfet

Shielded C. George

Trethaway Bros. Parsons, PA