Oil lamp burner
Category
Archaeological material
Date
Unknown
Materials
copper, braided cotton
Measurements
57 x 73 x 60 mm
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1988940
Summary
Sphere shaped copper burner from oil lamp, with a braided cotton wick inside and a control wheel to extend the wick as it burns. There is a tiny fragment of possibly a newspaper caught behind one of the bent prongs of a decorative crown.