Brass Lantern

[pierre girard]

Found a brass lantern. Looks fairly new. All it says is Hollister and willis. England. Use no petrol. Sniffed fuel tank. Didnt smell like whte gas or kerosene. Any idea what fuel it uses? Anyone heard of this vompany?

 

[crosslandkelly]

Lamp oil or paraffin?? Is it like a Hurricane lamp or a torch type lantern.
Colin.

 

[pierre girard]

Hurricane lantern. Quite large. Everything is brass except the bery top which is black enamle. Single round wick which looks like an Alladin lamp wick.

 

[nunzionuk]

Without seeing a pic, i would say Lamp Oil is your best bet.

 

[pierre girard]

Found out it is an bialladin by willis&bates made between 1951and 1967.

 

[johnboy]

Sounds like it's a pressure lantern not a wick lantern...

 

[pierre girard]

Sounds like it's a pressure lantern not a wick lantern...

Yes. Ehat i thought was a wick is apparently used to wick up alcohol to preheat the generator.

 

[ged]

If it has a pump I'd bet it's a paraffin lantern.

 

[bilmo-p5]

?Does it look like this ...

 

[Silverhill]

Almost certainly an M320, could be a 300x or a 305 though, but the former appears to fetch a good price on eBay, the latter less so. The wick is within a priming cup which you fill with meths to heat the vapouriser tube.

Got any pics Pierre?

 

[bilmo-p5]

Could be any one of a number of Bialaddin lamps. I think they all utilised the wick-ed priming cup one way or another.

 

[Silverhill]

Could be any one of a number of Bialaddin lamps. I think they all utilised the wick-ed priming cup one way or another.

I agree, but I seem to recall that the 320 is the only model with a warning on the base regarding not using petrol. I could be wrong, but that's not on my other Vapalux or Bialaddin lamps, and I've amassed a few in the last couple of months.

 

[pierre girard]

I believe it is a 320. The only thing that has me wondering - no paint on this lamp and except on the cap over the chimney. And no sign of paint being removed. Lantern looks like it was used once. No scratches, etc.

I have no photos and no camera wth me except the one on this phone which i don't know how to use.i have I haven't got the lanter with me in car boot so I can't compare to posted photo. Certainly looks something like a that.

 

[British Red]

I have an M320 in all brass Pierre - they came in all sorts of finishes

 

[Silverhill]

I've another question Pierre; Does the lantern have a crowsfoot/arrowhead on the base, or on the collar around the base of the cage? If so, it's likely that your lantern would've been green when it left the factory, destined for use by the MOD.

Oakhill wandered had a 305 which was painted in green, over blue, over green. Testament to the fact that the MOD painted and repainted them as and when they needed to.