Oilwick Lamps/W Falconer & Son

Oilwick Lamps

W Falconer & Son.JPG - W FALCONER & SON DALKEITH - Tin Scottish face lamp, 2 1/2 in. tall to spout, 1 9/16 in. base dia, marked on font W FALCONER & SON DALKEITH (Wick lamps from Scottish makers are often found here in the U.S. It is presumed that they were brought here by Scottish coal miners or perhaps marketed here by the Scottish manufacturers. The known Scottish wick lamp makers that include town markings on their lamps are all from the Scottish coalfields roughly defined as an area approximately 20 miles north and 30 miles south of a line connecting Edinburgh and Glasgow. The towns marked on these lamps are primarily located in the counties of Midlothian, Fifeshire, Lanarkshire and Ayrshire and include Dalkeith, Portobello, Lochelly, Kilmarnock, Kilwinning, and Kirkcaldy. These lamps are typically on the small side, often made of brass and typically come with flat hooks. The Dalkeith-marked lamp shown here is a face-size, single spout lamp made of tin, and equipped with a wire hook. I've lightly chalked the marking to better display for the pic. A more typical brass Scottish wick lamp is shown elsewhere in the pics and is marked R Grant Portobello. See Moon, Mining Artifact Collector #6, pp 19-21)

W Falconer & Son | W FALCONER & SON DALKEITH - Tin Scottish face lamp, 2 1/2 in. tall to spout, 1 9/16 in. base dia, marked on font W FALCONER & SON DALKEITH (Wick lamps from Scottish makers are often found here in the U.S. It is presumed that they were brought here by Scottish coal miners or perhaps marketed here by the Scottish manufacturers. The known Scottish wick lamp makers that include town markings on their lamps are all from the Scottish coalfields roughly defined as an area approximately 20 miles north and 30 miles south of a line connecting Edinburgh and Glasgow. The towns marked on these lamps are primarily located in the counties of Midlothian, Fifeshire, Lanarkshire and Ayrshire and include Dalkeith, Portobello, Lochelly, Kilmarnock, Kilwinning, and Kirkcaldy. These lamps are typically on the small side, often made of brass and typically come with flat hooks. The Dalkeith-marked lamp shown here is a face-size, single spout lamp made of tin, and equipped with a wire hook. I've lightly chalked the marking to better display for the pic. A more typical brass Scottish wick lamp is shown elsewhere in the pics and is marked R Grant Portobello. See Moon, Mining Artifact Collector #6, pp 19-21)

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