Veritas Brass Lamp

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Veritas brass lamp without glass chimney

Veritas brass lamp without glass chimney

Name/Title

Veritas Brass Lamp

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.909

Description

Brass lamp with a tall chimney. The handle has a keyhole space in the handle so that it may hung up. The chimney is marked Fireproof. 'Finest crystal. Made in JA'. The burner (the piece that the wick rests in) is a 'dead-flame burner' and has a rope-type wick which can be adjusted with the rachet. The 'dead-flame' burner is designed to eliminate the effects of the draughts on the flame.

Context

This Veritas brass lamp could have been used in a kitchen and according to a German brochure was nicknamed the 'thunderbox' because it was used to light your way across the courtyard at night to the outside 'privy'. The burner, the information says, had a special casing which acted as a windshield, so the flame would not be burned out.

Cataloged By

Felix Lam

Category

Domestic

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Height

330 mm

Diameter

130 mm

Weight

223 g

Dimension Notes

The chimney is 220 mm tall

Material

Brass, Glass

Location

* Untyped Location

C3S4

Web Links and URLs

Lanterns that lit our world by Antony Hobson

General Notes

Note

Many thanks to Moira Dlugosz for German translation.