With the exception of the Sundart lamp all the table mantle lamps made by the Miller Mantle Lamp Department all share this distinctive foot.

Daylite Fount lamp

Daylite Fount is easily identified with its short centre draft tube and bayonet burner attachment insert

Oil pot lamp

Between around 1890 and 1915 glass lamps that were holders for oil pot lamps such as the "gone with the wind" lamps, vase lamps, and fancy parlor hanging lamps became very popular among the expanding American middle class. These lamps came with a standard size oil pot lamp fitted with a round wick burner. When fitted to the lamp only the top part above the chime ridge was visible. Makers of mantle lamps offered mantle lamp oil pots as a lighting upgrade to those lamps.

Mantle lamps manufactured by the Miller Mantle Lamp Department offered this version based upon the tooling used for the Miller round wick oil pot lamps.

Note the bayonet fitting and the cage at the base of the burner basket. The cage holds the inner wick tube firmly centered inside the burner base.

The Daylite burner is unique among the burners manufactured by the Miller Mantle Lamp Department in that the upper inner draft tube was part of the burner. Traditionally a centre draft lamp had a single long inner draft tube that was only anchored at the base of the tube. The problem with this is that the inner draft tube was easily bent out of alignment with the outer wick tube. If the inner and outer tubes were out of alignment one side of the wick would be pinched. This made for more resistance to adjusting the wick and inhibited free flow of kerosene up that part of the wick. This produced an uneven flame which produced an uneven glow of the mantle and led to mantles sooting up.

By making the inner tube part of the burner the inner and outer tubes were kept in better alignment. Aladdin made the upper inner wick tube part of the burner starting with the model 7 burner.

The inner wick tube is removable making changing the wick a very easy task. It also allowed for very easy cleaning in case there was a kerosene solids build up along the wick. The threaded ring anchors the inner tube to the base of the burner. Unfortunately this ring is frequently lost.

Daylite burner patent date: August 1, 1916 patent number 1193134 assigned to T. H. French. The application was filed May 19, 1916

The wick adjustment gearing is simple yet effective. The gear on the wick adjustment shaft meshes against the rack gear on the wick holder to raise and lower the wick holder. The 'J' shaped part holds the rack gear against the wick adjuster gear.

The top flange on the outer wick tube on the left has been removed.

There are at least two versions of outer wick tubes used on the Daylite lamp burners. The top left outer wick tube is smooth except for 2 rings embossed on the side. The two outer wick tubes on the right have a pair of sheet metal flanges added. This configuration is very similar to the Aladdin model 6 uninsulated burner's outer wick tube that was in production in the same time period.

Some Daylite burners are found with an air diffuser. The air diffuser fits the burner above left but not the burner on the left above.

Daylite mantle lamps flame spreader

The gallery used on the Daylite lamps is the common gallery shared among most of the mantle lamps manufactured by Edward Miller & CO. These gallerys used the then common cap mantle.

Mounted wick and wick holder for the Daylite lamp.
An Aladdin model 6 mounted wick will work on the Daylite lamp.

Mantle lamps manufactured by Edward Miller & CO used a Cap mantle manufactured and imported from Germany between 1909 and 1914 when WWI started.

The frame consisted of a brass cone with a nickel steel or porcelain coated wire. They claimed that their cap mantle would fit any lamp that used cap mantles.

Wall mounting bracket sold by Miller for use with the Miller Mantle Lamp Department manufactured fount lamps.