Name 1
OIL LAMP 7
Name 2
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ID number
002.192.Idrija
Manager / Administrator
Idrija Municipal Museum, Prelovčeva 9, SI-5280 Idrija
Ownership
Public
Owner
Municipality of Idrija, Mestni trg 1, SI-5280 Idrija
Local / Original ID Number
510:IDR;RZ-323
Type of Object
Mine, Daily life
Description
Short description
The closed type oil lamp, also called ripsovka, repičnica or jamšarica, is a simple lamp. The described sample is smaller, but in a typical pear shape, with a movable opening on the reservoir which served for pouring the rapeseed oil. Iron tweezers, which are placed on the edge of the oil lamp, served for burning regulation.
Measures
Length 7 cm, width 7.5 cm, height 27.8 cm.
Materials
Steel.
Dating
End of the 19th century
Author / Producer
Manufacturer information is not known.
Picture attachments
Original use
The miners used the oil lamp with rapeseed oil burning for going to and out of the pit and to light the area of the ore digging. They also used for private purposes – for various tasks such as bobbin lacemaking and socialising in the evenings. The oil reservoir had a wick, which protruded out of the opening at the top of the reservoir. A lit wick provided a small flame, therefore the intensity of these lamps was modest. Better rapeseed oil burning, and thus a slightly better luminance, was achieved by adding kerosene to the oil. The bracket was used for carrying and the nailed tip was used for mounting or fixing the lamp to a wall or a rock crack in a pit. They were used for more than 400 years. After 1913, they were replaced in the mines by carbide lamps. They used the oil lamps for private purposes for many years.
Present use
The oil lamp is being preserved, secured and presented as important mining heritage of Idrija with exceptional universal values. It is a part of the mine collection of the Idrija Municipal Museum. It is stored in the depot. It can be used for temporary museum exhibitions or for other types of mercury heritage promotions.
Original location
Idrija Mercury Mine (personal, working equipment of a miner).
Present location
Idrija Municipal Museum, depot Prelovčeva 2.
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
Before 1995, a conservation procedure was performed on the oil lamp, for the needs of the permanent museum exhibition. Additional interventions are not necessary. Security of the premises is taken care of.
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
Regular seasonal maintenance.
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses / collections / links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
- Inventory Book of the Idrija Municipal Museum.
Submitted
Mestni muzej Idrija
Submitted by
Miha Kosmač
Date Submitted
6. 3. 2018
Date Edited
Never