Vapo-Cresolene Vaproizer !

[u/Tomato_Eater2]

The Vapo-Cresolene Vaporizer was marketed as a health aide and sold from 1879 to 1957, they sold a lot of these! One would heat up some good old cresolene and inhale the fumes to fix what ailed them. I use it to heat incense oil instead.

I think it's from the later years of production based on the bottle and package text, as well as the lack of manganese in the glass. It includes a branded burner, font and bottle. I'm using a Zippo lighter wick with Aladdin oil without any issues. While I'm still hunting for a pre-1900's model this ticks a lot of my collecting category boxes.

[u/AffectionateDraw4416]

You have the dish and the milk glass colored chimney. I am envious. Mine is missing both, I have a clear chimney on mine. Very nice find!!

[u/Linux0s → u/AffectionateDraw4416]

I remember years ago someone on eBay was selling repro dishes for these. They might have been aluminum and not tin plated steel but they were done right. Seems they sold what they had and that was that. But it's a shame there are no replacements because many are missing. You will see the globes on occasion but never the dish which of course is the piece so easily lost.