1901 Sterling Silver Pedestal Oil Lamp Royal Engineers Malta
 

Hi Everyone,

This amazing piece turned up locally. It was a wedding present in 1901 to Capt F C Seaman Royal Engineers, given to him by his brother Officers Royal Engineers Malta. It's missing the the burner and globe right now but I'm trying to locate replacements. It came from the Goldsmiths co Regent St.

Keith

Hi Keith,

A spectacular piece there. You must get that back to fully working condition and USE it...:)

What a treat.

Cheers,

Roy

Thanks Roy! I’m trying it’s hard to find the correct burner here in the states.
I’ve been watching eBay though.

Keith

Hi Keith,

Just came back from my local picker and noticed that he's got a box with a good amount of period burners. Could you post an image of what you're looking for so I could pass it on and maybe we'll find a match!! ;)

Vincent.

Hi Vincent,

I'm really not sure what belongs on there, I don't know much about oil lamps. It would be a silver plated one and the opening on the top of the reservoir is 1 1/2 inches.

Keith

Next time I'm around I'll take some snapshots and post them.

Vincent.

Thank you Vincent I really appreciate it!

Keith

Any of these would do???

Thanks Vincent, I’ll take a look and see.

Keith

Vincent,

This is the type of burner I'm looking for.

Keith

The lamp restored
 

Hi everyone,

After a long search the lamp has been returned to it's past glory! The question now is to polish the silver or leave as is?

Keith

Keith,

Look great.
I clean with silver dip once and leave then forever as long as fingers stay off it.

regards

Hi Keith,

That is looking spectacular, well done!

I love the look of old silver but how about just polishing an area or two, perhaps the rim of the base and top? It would be great to show the contrast and be quick eye catching.

Cheerio,

Roy

Beautiful, well done.

Rgds, Thomas

It looks beautiful the way it is now. Leave it the way it is and let it tell you it’s history. As an antique dealer once said to me “easy to polish the history off but hard to put it back on again”.