Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This lamp's manufacturer is unknown, but based on its design it was most likely made in the latter half of the 19th century. This is an oil-wick cap lamp, where the font contained a fuel consisting of lard and oil, the proportions subject to what was most affordable and available to miners at the time. The hook enabled the lamp to be worn on a cap and the spout bezel protected the cap from wick drippings.
- Credit Line
- Mr. J. D. Sauters
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-7727
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-7727
- accession number
- 235038
- Object Name
- lamp, oil, cap, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in x 4 in x 2 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 10.16 cm x 5.715 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872111
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e21d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
