Kerosene lamp

Object detail

Accession number

1978.395

Description

Moulded glass kerosene lamp. Base is all glass with metal cap and 4 clips on top to hold the chimney. It has a wick adjustment screw at the base of the cap. Brass filling cap with a wick fitting on top. At the base of the wick fitting, there is a circular clip from which the 4 glass supports emerge. The metal supports for the glass are 'S'-shaped. Chimney is round shaped and frosted in the middle. The top and bottom are clear glass. Top is broadly scalloped.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Glass

Credit Line

Kerosene lamp, 1978.395. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Lamp Furnishings Lighting Equipment Lighting Devices

Collection type

Domestic Technology Technology

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