Lamp burner
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Steel, brass and ceramic.
Measurements
75 x 95 x 77 mm
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Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1700818.2
Summary
Railway lamp burner. A steel reservoir with trapezoidal sides and a small hinged loop for removing it from the lamp. The top has a circukar hole to contain the wick, which is in a ceramic holder set in a circular, screwed outer holder. An adjustment lever of steel rod is fitted. The wick assembly can be removed for filling the reservoir.