A Red Lamp

Posted byRebecca BuddPosted inLights, Louis-Ferdinand CelineTags:,

“Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.”
Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Published by Rebecca Budd

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2 thoughts on “A Red Lamp”

  1. Authentic lamp of a bygone era. Many households without access to electricity utilized these lamps as their primary source of light. As a note of interest the wick had to be kept quite low or the glass would become cloudy with black residue.

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    1. Your comments remind me of the quote by J. Parker, “Keep your flame lit, and you will never feel darkness.” It seems that trimming a lamp was an art form.

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