Oilwick Lamp

Object/Artifact

West Virginia Mine Wars Museum

Name/Title

Oilwick Lamp

Entry/Object ID

KK.0071

Description

Metal oilwick "teapot" lamp with handle.

Use

These lamps are a larger version of the oilwick lamps that miners wore on their caps in underground mines. Sometimes known as a "driver's lamp", this size was often used by horse and mule drivers or, in some cases, mounted to the animal's tack.

Collection

Coal Mining Tools

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900

Material

Tin

Web Links and URLs

oilwick lamp gallery at Hal's Lamppost, oilwick cap lamp gallery at Mining Artifacts.org