In the English market stalls in the 1930s the stalls were lit by lamps that hung down from the stall beam and consisted of a conical topped canister ( usually green) with a pipe that hung down and turned upwards at the bottom , ending in a perforated bulb from which the flame sprang. they were somewhat noisy I recall.They disappeared after world war 2 ,replaced by electric lighting. Can anyone describe the workings and a manufacturer?
Welcome aboard! Blanchard made market stall lamps for several decades and the link below shows the relevant pages. Blanchard & Barnard
@UKspud I think what you’re describing is a flare lamp, sometimes called a barrow lamp I believe. Commonly used on market stalls and fairgrounds. Here’s a link to my wells unbreakable version, link most were not built to such a standard being mostly tin and have rotted away. My second post on the page I linked to has a couple of videos as well.
Thank you for your reply . I assume there is a pump in the oil tank above and the spirit cup is part of the head . The noise in the Video sounds familiar . I was three or four years old at the time , shopping with my mother in Grimsby in the UK an these lamps were always a part of the market scene
The lamp which is shown via Matt's links is a gravity fed lamp and gravity fed lamps do not have pumps.
