Lot 163: Antique Bullseye Lens Vehicle Lamp

An antique vehicle or carriage lamp featuring a cylindrical metal body finished in black japanning. The lamp is designed with a tiered onion-top chimney containing multiple vents for heat dissipation. It is fitted with a prominent clear glass bullseye-style convex lens held within a circular bezel. The construction appears to be of tinned steel or tinplate. The interior burner assembly is not visible in this view, though the lamp is characteristic of late 19th or early 20th-century oil or candle-powered lighting. The exterior features a rectangular white adhesive label and a smaller rectangular white adhesive label, both used for modern inventory purposes.