Oil reservoir
Category
Historic Services / Lighting
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, fibre, cotton
Measurements
53 mm (Height); 61 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1149154.2.2
Summary
Oil reservoir part. The insert of a brass oil reservoir from a hanging lamp. It consists of two brass discs, the lower one with six circles cut out of its circumference, sandwiching three absorbent fibre discs and with a tube through the middle to hold the cotton wick.