Our antique lamp
@iKONICNoona (4393)
Philippines
September 30, 2020 4:58am CST
My mom is not an antique collector but my grandparents bought nice stuff during their time and it is still working.In the picture was an antique lamp that mom hang in our terrace for display only.I remember this lamp when I was still young.I live with my grandparents because mom works in U.K. When there is power outage my grandfather would use this lamp .It is lighted by using gas or kerosene and a match stick .And voila there's light from the lamp. Do you have any old or antique item too?
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
30 Sep 20
It's called a " gasera" it's old but not really old, it's vintage but not exactly an antique yet. See to it that rust does not eat up the gas ( kerosene) tank otherwise it would become useless. I have 2 antique kerosene lamps circa 1800s-1900s that's made of glass crystal not tin metal.
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
2 Oct 20
@iKONICNoona " gaseras" were sold in big hardwares especially in Manila from the 50s well up to the 80s before they were replaced by rechargeable lighting during the brownout era of Cory and Ramos.
I included a picture of my 2 antique lamps, I hate to brag but I saw a similar hanging one in the house of Rizal in Calamba, Laguna, they are called " lamparas" rather than " gaseras".
I also read somebody post "petromax" , what you have is not a petromax, that one has a pump in the side and uses a chemical filament instead of a cotton wick that glows very bright like fluorescent lighting. Hope i was able to share a little of my knowledge in a humble way.
@iKONICNoona (4393)
• Philippines
2 Oct 20
@louievill I think you got the description right. I'm not sure when did my grandparents bought this , but I remember we use it .Now my mom just used it for display only in our terrace.
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@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
30 Sep 20
Back in the 80s we had that lamp and we called it Petromax. I guess it was the brand of that lamp.
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@iKONICNoona (4393)
• Philippines
30 Sep 20
@toniganzon I think you are correct for the brand name.Some of its parts are a little rusty now because it gets wet from the rain but still its in good condition.
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@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
30 Sep 20
@iKONICNoona That's cool that you get to keep that.
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@iKONICNoona (4393)
• Philippines
2 Oct 20
@toniganzon yeah we dont usually dispose old stuff in the house we only keep it in our storage area .we can still use old stuff at home as long as they are not yet broken.
@iKONICNoona (4393)
• Philippines
2 Oct 20
@rakski Oh I guess all is new in your house its okay new stuff is cool too and unique in its oen way .
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@iKONICNoona (4393)
• Philippines
2 Oct 20
@DianneN Thank you very much.Its pretty old now I remember using it when I was still young with my grandparents.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
30 Sep 20
here also these were used a lot in earlier times.
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@iKONICNoona (4393)
• Philippines
2 Oct 20
@amitkokiladitya I think lamps were also used in different parts of the world because there were no electricity at that time.
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@piyushbhatia1 (11695)
• India
30 Sep 20
It seems to be hanging next to a tube light
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@iKONICNoona (4393)
• Philippines
2 Oct 20
@piyushbhatia1 Haha dont worry its not a tube light.Thats an opening after the wall .The white light you see actually is the sun's rays .
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
30 Sep 20
We have the same ones hanging in our terrace gazebo and they have bulb inside themThe thunderstorm few nights back has damaged one of them and we might need to replace it.
The thunderstorm few nights back has damaged one of them and we might need to replace it.1 person likes this
@iKONICNoona (4393)
• Philippines
2 Oct 20
@arunima25 Oh thats sad to hear.Good thing is that you are safe from the thunderstorm.
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@iKONICNoona (4393)
• Philippines
2 Oct 20
@Janet357 Thank you very much .Oh yes we also have that too the old sewing machine .We re used the table because the machine broke .
@iKONICNoona (4393)
• Philippines
30 Sep 20
@happylife1 oh wow! Things has their way of letting us remember our childhood.
@Overflowing (3709)
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30 Sep 20
yeah thats very old, my grandparents used to have like that but i dont know if its still functioning
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@iKONICNoona (4393)
• Philippines
2 Oct 20
@Overflowing Our grandparents used this before and its good that we can still see them now and use it as display .
