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| Rick'ys Big Collection |
Artifacts |
| Description |
A lamp made out of tin with a hollow head where lard was put. There is a slit at the top where th wick would come out of. The lard would act as a fuel for the lamp. Whhen you lit the wick the lard woul burn causing the wick to burn, giving off a small a mount of light. The higher the wick is raised the larger the flame and more light woul be given off. |
| Material |
Tin |
| Object ID |
1912.205.003 |
| Object Name |
lard lamp |
| Subjects |
colonial, lighting, tinsmith
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| Year Range from |
1725 |
| Year range to |
1776 |
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Last modified on: September 08, 2005
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