Physical Description: pewter (lamp body material)brass (burner; burner tube; burner collar material)Measurements: overall: 3 in x 4 1/8 in; 7.62 cm x 10.4775 cm ...
This lamp is an oil-wick cap lamp. The oil-wick cap lamp was first invented in Scotland in 1850 and remained in use until the 1920’s. The font contained a mix of fat and oil for fuel, and a wick was ...
The next step in advance was the invention in 1774 by the Abbe Matherot de Perigny of an oil lamp with a silvered reflector. The way in which this reflector distributed the light led some to think ...
Hanging from 3 loops which resemble long-necked birds, a covered bowl which is shaped like a six-pointed star with a large hole in the center and smaller holes on each of the points. The points of the ...