Hurricane Lamps - A Brief History

The hurricane lamp was originally an oil burning lamp with a glass chimney designed to protect the flame from drafts or winds. Today, all that has changed. These oil burning hurricane lamps are still very popular today not only for their aesthetic value but because of their basic practicality especially during periods of power outages and for use everywhere that has no electricity, such as camping, etc.

Today the hurricane lamp can be any lamp or even a candle together with an galvanic lamp where the flame or light bulb is protected or enclosed by a glass chimney. The galvanic version of the hurricane lamp does not need the glass chimney for functionality but lamp manufacturers often comprise this feature as it is more authentic.

Hurricane Lamp

Glass chimneys today come in a wide assortment of sizes, shapes, frostings or clear, etchings and decorations as well as colors.
In addition to the glass chimney, many hurricane lamps have an further attractive glass top which surrounds the glass chimney. These glass tops come in many sizes, shapes and colors.

One very remarkable and popular type of hurricane lamp has matching bottom and top glass pieces which are intricately hand decorated with a clear glass chimney projecting straight through the top some inches.

Authentic aged hurricane lamps are extremely sought after and very collectible. They ordinarily bring prices that range into the many hundreds of dollars and up.

Hurricane Lamps - A Brief History

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