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[deepbluedigger]

1880s - 1900 would be the right age range for that lamp. I've recently dug aqua examples exactly the same shape from a dump dated 1895 - 1900. These often have 'The Lamp' embossed on the side, but it can be very very faint.
Jerry

 

[GuntherHess]

here is a similar people oil lamp (that also is often mistaken for an ink) on Reggie's site.
http://www.ipass.net/rlynch/bottles/pics/Sunbright.jpg

 

[Mihai]

Hey Jerry, can you please post a picture with one of your lamps. With the part with the embossing if possible. I can't find anything on mine.

 

[huffmnd]

Lamp base for sure I run into them on occasion.

 

[madpaddla]

Mihai:

Loving the colors here. Blues and lime greens are nice. With the rain there are you digging more often then the oppressive heat? Ben

 

[Mihai]

Lime green you said? This weekend I'm back in the hole to look for one. The heat is gone, the rain can only cool me. Bring it on!

 

[deepbluedigger]

ORIGINAL: Mihai

Hey Jerry, can you please post a picture with one of your lamps. With the part with the embossing if possible. I can't find anything on mine.

Sorry Mihai, I don't have any photos, and I don't have the lamps any longer! They went to help cover travel costs. Managed to get about £5 each for them (aqua) at a bottle show in the summer.
Jerry

 

[Mihai]

No worries Jerry! Thanks for answer anyway!

 

[swizzle]

It almost looks like a fire gernade or a target ball but I would go with the lamp guess. I found a small bottle with a burst top like that that looked like an ink to me. It had firefly embossed on the side and had a purple substance inside. Kinda the same shape as what you got there. I thought mine was an ink but someone else said they thought it was a lamp. It is possible that it was born a lamp and turned into an ink. Kind of early 1900's recycling. Either way the coolest finds are the ones that keep you guessing. Swizzle