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Miller Lamps Made in USA by John Stephens
Posted: September 16, 1998 @ 07:47.
I am seeking information on Miller Lamps. The lamp I have is has a circular wick which can be raised and lowered by a knurled knob on the top of the fuel bowl. Did this type of lamp have a mantle of any kind? It has a hollow tube up the middle of the fuel bowl. What is type of lamp fuel does this lamp use? Is it fueled by Kerosene? There is a threaded hole in the base and appears that it could have been used either as table lamp or perhaps on some type of lamp stand. I would appreciate it if some one could give me some information on Miller Lamps. The lamp has been passed on to me from my grand parent's (now deceased) and I am keen to restore it and even obtain replacement wicks and glass chimney. Thanking you in anticipation, John Stephens, Albany Western Australia
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On September 16, 1998 @ 21:11, Fil Graff, Guild Secretary
wrote:
John: The Miller lamp you describe likely didn't have a mantle. Most were pretty standard central draft (round wick)lamps burning kerosene. The threaded hole on the base plate suggests it was for either a wall bracket lamp or a hanging lamp. The in-thread was for threaded protrusion from the bracket or frame, and could provide the only support for the font. The foot plate is designed to catch drips of fuel from the inner draft tube, and most of them for home lighting (from all manufacturers) came threaded whether the font used the threading or not.
If you want replacement parts, contact me mate Eric Webb in Maylands at Nor-west Leisure Products Tent and Lamp Shop! Webby can fix you up in a jif. I'll E-mail you his shop phone number if you want it. G'Day! :: Fil Graff ::