Oil lamps are a form of lighting and were used as an alternative to candles before the use of electric lights.
Ancient clay oil lamps.
Over 50 different styles of terra cotta oil lamps are available.
These in turn were replaced by the kerosene lamp in about 1850.
You will will find reproduction oil lamps from ancient greece the holy land egypt the middle east and every corner of the world where rome planted its colonies.
Ancient olive oil lamps are shallow dishes of oil with a wick or rag held upright.
They had a pinch of clay at one side of the bowl to hold the wick upright just above the surface of the oil.
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These clay olive oil lamps were small bowls.
The clay of these lamps is of a far higher quality than that of the local ones and has a lustrous black glaze.
A strap handle is attached to the body.
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Some lamps even had a handle for ease of carrying.
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Most oil lamps were made in two piece molds that were made of gypsum calcium sulphate and plaster.
When the lamp was removed from the mold it was dipped in a slip of clay kind of a thick liquid clay mixture to further coat the lamp and make it more impermeable to oil.
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These were inferior in texture and glaze and were sometimes even unglazed.
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Replicas made according to clay lamps of antiquity found on archaeological digs in israel.