Oil-Wick Miner’s Lamp
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This oil-wick lamp was made by an unknown maker during the 19th century. The oil-wick 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 inserted into the spout. The resulting light was much brighter and more efficient than the candles it replaced. This oil-wick lamp has a long hollow handle with twine in the interior, lacking the hook that would allow lamps like this to have been worn on a miner’s cap.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Board of Trustees of Lafayette College
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8811
- accession number
- 265669
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8811
- Object Name
- lamp, hand, oil wick type, miner's
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 12 in x 4 in; 15.24 cm x 30.48 cm x 10.16 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872085
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-ada3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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