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cruse lamps


Identification code: 300311564



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  • cruse lamp
  • cruse-lamps
  • lamps, cruse

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Small hanging lamps made of iron or earthenware having a handle at one end and a pinched spout for a wick at the other, utilizing a round bowl (called a "cruse") of about 3 inches in diameter to contain fuel, typically hard fat. The cruse lamp developed from the floating-wick pan lamps used by Mediterranean peoples in pre-Christian times.

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