Has anyone got any contemporary manufacturers selling prices for any type of flame safety lamp prior to 1914?



Looking at pictures of the early Davy, Stephenson and Clanny type gauze lamps elsewhere on this web site, which today might be worth into the £100s or £1000s, it made me wonder what the price of these lamps was to the miners or Coal Companies when originally sold as new.

Also at what point in history did the collieries start to provide the provision for the supply of lamps and oil etc. taking this away from the miners themselves?

Somewhere there is a handwritten diary from Ellis or Edwards that gives the handwritten orders for Pit, type of lamp, variation and numbers with cost and selling price. Also hand drawn diagram of lamp in question. I have one somewhere, maybe another Member can put their hands on one quicker.

The Miners lamp Society holds a document issued by Becker & co, Hatton Wall, London - a wholesaler,believed to date from the late 1890/1900 period. It reads davy 6/- net, clanny 7/-, stephenson 9/-, mueseler 7/6, marsaut 7/6, tin can shielded davy 10/6, shielded protector mueseler 10/6,wolf 15/-, howats deflector 10/6, ashworth 10/-,
morgan poa, clifford poa and stokes gas testing at 42/- net!

mark , i have a cat/ of a collection of lamps some very rare makers r named in it along with pictures of the lamps that sold in the collection all though its not a price list of the lamps is a very rare sales cat/ of a fantastic collection that sold many years ago , i will try and dig it out and copie it for you , or may be charles , gary , or david barrie , can sort u a copie out . as i sent them copies of the old cat/
regards
anthony

I am currently reading the scans of a booklet produced by The Thorneburry Miners' Safety Lamp Company Limited on the Thorneburry Miners Lamp. The booklet contains drawings, description and reports of the lamp. On the front cover it is stated that the company were awarded the Silver Medal at the Sheffield Industrial Exhibition in 1891.

The first page lists the 'Seven Essential Conditions for an Efficient Safety Lamp' and then quotes the following prices :

"
No 1 lamp 10/6 each
N0 2 lamp 10/6 each

Fittings etc. Prices on application

Oil.

The Thorneburry Safety Oil in casks of 56 gallons 1/3 per gall.

In cans 1/6 per gall (cans extra. "

There then follows a statement that by using Thorneburry Safety Oil a saving of 9/- per annum can be made - nearly the entire cost of the lamp.

Alan Vickers.