These type of lamps are called "vintners" lamp.
The wading inside permits the vintners as they were called
to carry these little lamps into their wine cellars (and hang them up)
without fear of spilling fuel as the fuel is soaked up into the wading
It has on the front in French
Lampe pigeon garantie veritable inexplosible a L’essence minerale
Toute lampe veritable Pigeon doit porter sa double marquee de fabrique
d’asord en tete lampe pigeon puis
Plus bas un pigeon reposant sur un
globe terrestre et portant une lampe a son bec medaille d’arcent
paris 1885 securite marquee
Diplome U’honneur arcachon 1885 economie depose
Securite Marque them a pigeon flying with a lamp in its beak
the words marquee de Fabrique
in a circle on the other side it has the words
Economie depose
Please see pictures for full description
one lamp is missing its handle.
what you see in photos is what you
will be getting.