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Iola Fowlers' Lamp


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      Date: 1900 -

Description: Small kersosene lamp with brass base and cobalt blue glass shade. The lamp has a small wick winder at the top of the base. The wick is cotton, woven into a 4mm cord. The lamp has claws to hold the glass shade in place over the wick holder. The shade is bulbous in shape, wider near the bottom tapering to a small opening at the top. The lamp was the bedroom lamp of the Woods family

Format: realia
Object: kerosene lamps
Material: brass;  glass

Titles:
Iola Fowlers' Lamp

Subjects: lighting

People/Orgs: Woods, Jimmy

Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.

Object number: FHR_00446

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