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Spark lamps

Scope note

Hand lamps with very small fonts of blown glass with drop or cork disc burners, or of metal on saucer bases with slender whale oil burners.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000180842

Broader Terms used

hand lamps

Equivalent Terms used

spark lamp

Created

13yrs ago

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