Iron Oil Lamp Bowl with Conical Socket

This hand-forged bowl lamp was inspired by the iron Viking lamp from the ship burial at Oseberg in Norway, dated from the 9th Century.

The original Oseberg lamp was fitted with a 44 cm long metal spike. However, this is quite bulky and unwieldy and is difficult to transport.

This Viking bowl lamp is forged from iron is the perfect solution for an easy transport: it has a conical socket that is simply placed on a stick driven into the ground at any height.

The original Oseberg lamp was also fixed in height and therefore not as versatile as a lamp on a wooden stick, which can be procured anywhere and in any length.

This “Oseberg” Viking bowl lamp is 18 high. The bowl measures 14 x 4 cm.
The socket has a width of 3 cm at the base.

Viking Age bowl lamps of the Oseberg lamp type can be lit very well with leftover wax, to which you simply add a few small pieces of wood or, even better, a piece of dried tinder fungus as a wick. Twisted cotton strips or old burlap can also be used as a wick. To extinguish the fire, simply place a wooden board on top of the bowl lamp so that the flames go out.

Of course, this Viking bowl lamp also works with paraffin, lamp oil, beeswax or tallow.