MINIATURE LAMPS

Frank R Smith, Ruth E Smith

ISBN 10: 0916838447 / ISBN 13: 9780916838447

Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1968

About this Item

285 pages. Black lettering on the spine and front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this book describing miniature oil and kerosene lamps. Illustrated with 630 b/w and 22 colour photographs describing the lamps and their variants.

Seller Inventory # 003190

Bibliographic Details

• Title: MINIATURE LAMPS
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
• Publication Date: 1968
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0916838447
• ISBN 13: 9780916838447
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Not Stated, Presumed First Edition.
• Printing: Not Stated, Presumed
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Antiques & Collectibles

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Synopsis

Miniature oil and kerosene lamps, some as diminutive as 2 1/2 inches high, are direct descendants of prehistoric lamps using animal fat and other oils. Since the miniatures which have been preserved are so small that they cannot have provided adequate reading light, their intended function remains somewhat obscure. Miniature lamps might have found uses in sickrooms, for dispelling a child's "bogeyman," or as parlor courting lamps making a suitable compromise between the requirements of propriety and romantic aura.