Everyone needs to collect something. Collecting seems to be a dominant human gene. My collector gene has lead me to collect Aladdin kerosene lamps.   I'm also a data junkie and love to disassemble different lamps and compare the parts to one another, I've collected a lot of information about these lamps to share.

Much of the information in this web site is based upon the research and contributions of others as well as those of my own.  I intend this site to to be an illustrated supplement reference that fills in some gaps not well covered in other published works.  It is not intended to parrot previously published works nor to replace them. In appreciation

Aladdin lamps use a mantle that glows and produces up to 60 watts of light on less kerosene than non-mantle lamps used to produce dimmer lighting. Aladdin lamps are still being produced today and parts are currently in production that allow you to burn many of the older model lamps.

If you have an interest in Aladdin kerosene lamps THE essential book to own is "Aladdin The Magic Name in Lamps" by J. W. Courter, ISBN 0-9618879-2-3. This is a MUST HAVE book that is well researched and well written.  If you want to know the value range of Aladdin lamps there is a price guide available for less than $10.  Be sure to read the section about how condition and completeness affects value.  I do not provide cost evaluations of lamps.  Buy the price guide.

Like every good collectable, there is a club for Aladdin lamp enthusiasts called the "Aladdin Knights". They have a newsletter that can contain research results not published in Courter's book. They also have gatherings which provides opportunities to actually see rare models.

Models of Aladdin metal lamps, descriptions, pictures and conjectures

Models of Aladdin glass lamps, descriptions, pictures and conjectures

Other Brand Mantle Lamps, Aladdin was not the only company (I am new to this so there is not a whole lot there yet)

Illustrated lexicon of Aladdin lamp terms Learn what all those lamp terms mean

Links to other collector sites, and some reputable companies that sell lamps and lamp parts

History

Brief History of the Aladdin Lamp Company
Brief history of the incandescent mantle
     Early Mantle pictures
     Lox-On Mantle pictures
Aladdin transition and factory hybrid lamps Aladdin didn't throw away parts when they introduced new models.  They used up materials on hand creating factory hybrid and transition lamps.

How-To:

How to burn an Aladdin mantle lamp
Returning a neglected lamp to service
How to char a wick

Aladdin Lamp Parts & Accessories:

Wick Cleaners
Demystifying wall brackets
Ceiling extensions
Filler caps
Insect & Bug screens

Model 3 chandelier No. 112

Model 4 chandelier No. 113

Metal Aladdin Lamp models:

Manufactured from 1909 through the present day (Dates are for North American price list)

Aladdin oil pots (Model 1 through B and 23)

Model 1 (May 1909 to August 1910)
Model 2 (September 1910 to December 1910)
Model 2- 3 transition
Model 3 (January 1911 to August 1912)
Model 4 (September 1912 to August 1913)
Model 5 (September 1913 to August 1914)
Model 6 (September 1914 to July 1917, In Canada to August 1920)
Model 7 (August 1917 to July 1919, Not sold in Canada)
Model 8 (August 1919 to 1920, Not sold in Canada)
Model 9 (August 1920 to August 1922)
Model 10 (May 1921 to August 1922)
Model 11 (September 1922 to May 1928)
Model 12 (May 1928 to April 1935, Sold in Australia through 1945 or 46)
      Vase Lamps
      Floor lamps
      Table lamps
      French Model 12 shelf lamp based upon the # 12 oil pot
      Australian model 12
Model 14
Model 16 A & B
Model 1200/Argentina (1938 to 1938?)
Model B (1933 to 1955)
      Floor lamps/oil pots
      " Oriental" (1935 to 1936)
      "Treasure" (1937 to 1953)
      "Nashville Treasure" (1949)
      Metal font and railroad lamps
Model C (October 1955 to April 1963)
Model 21
Model 21C (May 1963 to December 1969)
Model 23 (December 1969 - Present)

Model 6 No. 125A

Model 1200 table lamp

Model A (1932)

Model B:
     "Colonial" (1933)
      "Corinthian" (1935 to 1936)
      "Majestic" (1935 to 1936)
      "Vertique" (1938)
      "Tall Lincoln Drape" (1940 to 1949)

Model C:
     Diamond quilt Brazilian font lamp (1974 to 1975)

Model 23:
      "Short lincoln drape" ( 1974 through present)
      Lincoln drape shelf lamps (1975 through 1993)
     American Classic (1980 through 1990)
     Log Cabin stoneware shelf lamp (1984 and 1985)

Model B N0. B-101