Koholmen is an excellent alternative to ordinary candlesticks. The kerosene lamp was the lighting technology that preceded electric lighting and the dominant light source in Swedish homes until the First World War. Today, kerosene lamps are mainly used as mood lighting as a more efficient alternative to candlesticks of various kinds. A room lit by kerosene lamps is something very special with the warm glow and the beautiful shadows that only a living flame can provide.

Light source: 6″ round burner

The kerosene lamp is equipped with a round burner whose design is based on the patent of the Swiss Aimé Argand, where the richly perforated gallery and the airy design of the wick cone allow an abundant supply of oxygen that provides a very efficient combustion that results in a 6-15 times stronger brightness compared to lace wick burners.

Kerosene lamp with oil housing of uncolored glass. Swedish made model. Wick of cotton. Diameter 11.5cm, height 32cm.

Lamp oil is purchased separately.

Wall lamp from around 1800. Tin-plate lamps and sconces were common in many homes during the 18th and 19th centuries throughout Sweden. Often, like this one, they had a simple shape with a dotted pattern of beads and flowers.

Gives a pleasant glow with its tinted surface. One of the special features of this particular lamp is that when the light has burned down to a short stub, a shadow angel appears on the wall behind, with curly hair and wings that move when the flame flutters.

Height 25,5 cm. Width 16,5 cm. Depth 7 cm. Tin-plated black plate.

Mirror lamp based on a 1920s model with a molded frame. Glazed with hand-blown mirror glass. Thin wooden back piece. Light arm of linseed oil fired wrought iron and iron suspension eye.

The mirror lamp is available unpainted (order via customer service) or painted in two different colors, birch bark glaze or mahogany glaze.

The mirror lamps have been painted by a local decorative painter and each frame is unique in its pattern.