I inherited this old lamp or stove. I guess it is at least 30-40 years old, but I think it is even older. I visited a shop to help me fix it so that I can use it and we got to discussing what it could be. The shop owner then proceeded to tell me about this forum and told me to post here and send along some pictures in the hope that someone here would recognize it. Diameter about 22-23 cm. Height about 20 cm. Best, Sebastian
Thank you! I was told that the stamp (mark) on the knob for regulating the wick looked like it was from the Petromax brand. I was also told that it might not be complete. I bought a glass from the store to contain the flame. Looking forward to more information if there is any.
The logo does appear to be the Petromax logo, the letters E and G are in it. I have sent a private message to you with a link for a similar heater which is on Ebay UK..
hhmm, now the fantastic stories are started: hold your horses. The Logo is that of Ehrich & Graetz, which have a link to the petromax brand name but they made more then the petromax lanterns. Also don't confuse this with the nowadays petromax brand name. Which has nothing to do with the E&G brand name. The burner is of a E&G mantle lamp like the Aladdin which still exist. But the first is a bit bigger and is rated as 120cp. The Famos brand name is its companion in time. The E&G mantle lamp is also called the ESSO. Some people also call it a or the Lahde burner after one of the researchers, developers, technicians, inventors at E&G. More on page 11 of this AIDA document by Anton Kaim. The burner is also not complete, the gallery is missing, well, the gallery. The part which holds the chimney. the tank part is a mystery for me but looks like from a brooder heater.
Thanks for the information WimVe, I was unsure if the burner was the original, the tank is very similar to the type which were in old greenhouse heaters and the chimneys on those were made from metal and there was a panel of mica near the bottom of the chimney so that the wick and the flame could be viewed.
Ok, thanks for the information. So, basically, what you are saying is that the incomplete burner is rare? But the rest of it is most likely put together from various parts?
hhmm, that is a complete different look on broken or dismantled items. Rare is a complete burner with its matching fount, chimney and its mantle.
Although not as pretty as most lanterns, a large heavy base is a logical shape/size for a wick lantern or a heater. This has been one of those things that has puzzled me for years and I often wonder how many fires were caused by knocking over a lantern. Anoher thought I had was that it has come from a ship's lantern.
