'Small nightlight' was also used to warm bedtime drinks - Winston-Salem Journal
he antiques auction catalog stated there was a rare and valuable “veilleuse” in the next sale. That is a descriptive word a seasoned auction-goer would understand, but the antiques meaning is not in most dictionaries. A small teapot was added to the veilleuse in the early 1800s. The teapot was heated by an oil lamp. A three-part Gothic Revival veilleuse, made in about 1840, was auctioned in May 2015 for $1,476. It was decorated with hand-painted views of people inside a cathedral. The auction catalog said it might have been decorated by Darte. But a 1950s French book about French porcelains identified the Darte brothers as makers and decorators of porcelain vases and serving pieces, which would include a veilleuse, in Paris after 1825. Source: www.journalnow.com
