lamp, cruise
Description: lamp, cruise. The cruise lamp consists of two small iron bowls with spouts, one hanging above the other, these are fused/rusted together. The bowls are attached and hung by an iron rod with a hook on the end which is broken with hook missing. Also attached by an iron chain, is a thin spike of iron which was used to clean the grease or tallow from the bowls, the spike and chain are also missing. The top bowl is removable and hangs from a hook on the arm of the bottom bowl. A Phoebe lamp would have been used as follows; the top bowl was filled with grease or tallow. A piece of twisted rag was placed in the spout so that it reached the grease in the bowl and hung over the end of the spout. This would act as the wick. The wick, or rag, absorbed the grease and when lit, provided a steady light. The bottom bowl was to catch the dripping grease.
Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1927.84Accession Date: 1927Description: lamp, cruise. The cruise lamp consists of two small iron bowls with spouts, one hanging above the other, these are fused/rusted together. The bowls are attached and hung by an…