An antique Messenger 45 c. Central draught oil lamp complete with an original cranberry and Vaseline shade. The lamp is in excellent condition with just a slight dent on the top of the font and a few dings around the base edge.
(Circa 1889) The antique shade is particularly attractive and is in as new condition. It has a cranberry colour with bright red cranberry flashing around the inside of the frilled edgings. It fades down to a pale green/yellow Vaseline colour on the bottom third of the shade. The lamp burner is of the key lift type and works well, there is a substantial amount of wick.
It is a really very well made oil lamp, typical of Messengers quality, truly the Rolls Royce of oil lamp manufacturers as they have been described. It has been overhauled, cleaned and polished and stands at 22 overall. This item is in the category "Collectables\Lamps, Lighting\Lamps". The seller is "belinda8232" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Korea, South, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French Guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Macau, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and Caicos Islands, Aruba, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay.