Assisi Vegetable Oil Lamp - 21.5 cm Height - Handcrafted in Italy - Pewter & Glass
Handcrafted by pewter craftsmen in Northern Italy, the Assisi Vegetable Oil Lamp is an attractive vegetable oil lamp that can also measure time.
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Oil lamps have been widely used ever since ancient times. They comprised a container for the oil and one or more spouts. Oil lamps are mentioned in Homer's Odyssey (XIX, 34) and they were also used on Crete during the Mycenaean civilisation (remains of oil lamps were found in the ancient palaces of Knossos and Haghia Triada). Oil lamps were later used by the Phoenicians and the Greeks who handed them down to the Romans during the fourth century BC.
In around the middle of the eighteenth century, oil lamps were further developed in Italy when they began to be made of silver or pewter featuring a reservoir attached to a rod supported by a wide base; the Assisi Vegetable Oil Lamp is faithful to these 18th Century Italian designs.
As well as being an attractive ancient means of illumination, this oil lamp was also designed to measure time. This is because the oil level inside the ampoule (the small sealed vial) decreases regularly; the flame illuminates the graded rod so that it can be used in the evening, too.
A round 5 mm wick is included.
Size: Height 21.5 cm
Materials Used: Pewter & Glass
Ref: CT0103601
Designer: Enrico & Sergio Tabellini
100% Lead Free
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Packaging
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