Silver plated Classical Urn Shaped oil lamp.

The base is formed as a classical footed urn with a fluted body, mounted upon a square foot. The “lid” of the urn is actually a lift out reservoir with a lugged collar and has numbers to the base as per one of the pictures. The number have not helped me to identify the maker.

The burner is a duplex Hinks No.1 D.P. Lever which can accommodate a shade with a 5” fitter.

Burner has a single working wick winder that services both wicks that are present.

Burner has a key lift mechanism for easier lighting of the lamp

I am fairly familiar with Hinks burners but this one is new to me, it appears to be missing the wick snuffer lever and snuffers, but despite extensive research I can’t find out how it would have worked (with no apparent place for the snuffer lever apart from a hole underneath).

No reason why lamp won’t work, just harder to extinguish than with the snuffers.

Maybe it was always like this. Anyone the wiser could maybe let me know, thanks.

There is a good quality 23cm tall flat bulge chimney.

The shade is simply stunning. A beautiful reddish orange at its frilled (pleated rim) graduating to almost clear at the base. A cut and acid etched design of flora and fauna covers the entire shade and there is a registered design number (182180] which has been etched into the rim. This definitively dates the shade to circa 1890. As per my photographs, there are two small chips to the underside but this cannot be seen when the shade is in place.

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