Hanging oil lamp of tin, consisting of two round cylindrical vessels, one fitting inside the other, from Inverkeithing, Fife, 19th century

Roman terracotta oil lamp from the fort of Camelon, Stirlingshire, late first century AD

Oil lamp, on a tripod, fitted with shutters and keys for Morse code signalling at night, 1900

Oil lamp, on a tripod, fitted with shutters and keys for Morse code signalling at night, 1900

Reproduction of an oil lamp designed by Robert Stevenson in 1807 for use on the light vessel temporarily moored off the Bell Rock during the building of the lighthouse

Reproduction of an oil lamp used on the light vessel temporarily moored off the Bell Rock during the building of the lighthouse

Oil lamp by Hailwood and Ackroyd of Leeds and fitted with Hailwood's air regulator

Domestic oil lamp, with a ruby glass reservoir on a brass column, a poor fitting glass chimney, but lacking the globe, and with an inscription dated 1902

First order four-wick mechanical oil lamp comprising oil reservoir and pump in stand, as used at Skerryvore, 1844, by John Milne and Son, Edinburgh, 1862, designed by Arago and Fresnel