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Mantel lamps

Scope note

Argand lamps usually of brass or bronze with one or two burners on arms connected by tubes to a reservoir that feeds fuel to the burners on the bird-fountain principle, often ornamented with prisms hung from rings around the reservoir and burners. The name derives from their common use singly or in sets of three on mantels.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000180463

Broader Terms used

Argand lamps

Equivalent Terms used

mantel lamp

Created

13yrs ago

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