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Subiaco Museum > Records

LAMP: KEROSENE TILLEY

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1940 - 1945

Overview

Durosil Tilley of Hendon Lamp.
a) Gold coloured base, fluted column with knob on it. On bottom of base - Tilley of Hendon British Made.
b) Nearly spherical clear glass chimney, blackened metal at top.Stamped in blue on glass is 'Durosil Tilley Hendon British Made'.
c) metal top
d) White opaque glass shade.

Historical information

ADJUSTABLE EDWARDIAN BRASS TABLE LAMP, HENDON TILLEY LONDON
In 1818 John and William Henry Tilley established W.H. Tilley, in Stoke Newington, London. During WW1 Frederick Tilley started to use paraffin as a lamp fuel in pressurised containers. As soon as the war ended, work was started to set up a production plant at Hendon, just north of London, and the first commercial lamps were produced.Tilley lamps were to become so popular and widely used that the word Tilley came to be used in England to describe any make of pressure lamp. Their success was not confined to the UK, and over the many years their products have been exported and sold through agents in numerous countries.
Also known as the Tilley Lamp Company from 1920

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cwa-org-43-1999.43a-d

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Inscriptions and markings

Durosil Tilley of Hendon British Made

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Photographed 2023

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Statement of significance

For lighting

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