Miner's lamp

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This miner's lamp was used in Lanarkshire in the late 19th century. It is made of sheet brass.

The lamp is in the form of a tapering cylindrical jug with a domed lid and a long spout from which the linen wick protrudes.

In the 19th century, colliers came to be regarded as a working class elite with relatively high wages, but the industry was subject to little health or safety regulation. Mining was often a source of great wealth to the owners of mineral rights, but diseases and accidents to mineworkers were commonplace.

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• Online ID: 000-100-103-785-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MGH 29
• Date: c. 1890 - 1900
  Late 19th century
  
• Material: Tin; linen, light brown
  Lamp, miner's
  
• Dimensions: 2.70" H; 1.60" D (base)
  
• What: Lamp, miner's
  
• Subject:
• Who: Brown (Donor's father and owner)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire
  
• Event:
• Description: Miner's lamp of tin with the body sloping inwards towards the top, a domed lid and a long spout, from Lanarkshire about 1890 - 1900
  
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