1957.173

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Details

ID Number

1957.173

Category

Furnishings

Sub-category

lighting device

Item Name

lamp

Materials

METAL, IRON

Measurements

overall: 8 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in

Description

Crusie lamp; iron, pear shaped dish with long arm attached and spike for hanging; spike is twisted and has a hook at the end.

History

The name crusie was used in Scotland and in North America, though no elsewhere. Also known as grease lamps, pan lamps, fat lamps, or slut lamps. These were small round or pear-shaped dishes made of iron with a handle or hook for hanging them up. They contained animal or fish fat and a cotton or rag wick. Grease lamps gave a feeble light, dripped oil continuously and unless the wick was poked forward, went out. The best of the grease lamps, called double crusies or Phoebe lamps, had two pans, one above and one below, the lower one for catching drips.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Pioneers subject

Social life subject