LAMP, MINER'S

Description: NICKEL LAMP HOUSING, WITH LARGE CIRCULAR GLASS REFLECTOR OVER LIGHTING DEVICE BROKEN DOWN CENTRE; HALF MISSING. REMOVABLE THREADED BASE/FUEL TANK WHICH ATTACHES TO TOP CANISTER. STEEL CLAMP AT BACK W/ THREADED TIGHTENER TO ATTACH LAMP TO MINER'S CAP. VENT ABOVE REFLECTOR, STAMPED WITH "POWELL & HAMMER LTD 'PANTHER' BIRMINGHAM". APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INSERTED AND SOLDERED BY HAND. BOTTOM OF BASE STAMPED WITH "MADE IN ENGLAND". WINGNUT AT TOP OF LAMP TO ADJUST FUEL INTAKE. SOME BROKEN GLASS WAS FOUND DURING THE PACKING OF THE COLLECTION IN THE SUMMER OF 2004.

History: ACQUIRED BY DONOR'S HUBAND. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS INTERN KIRSTAN SCHAMUHN CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS. ON 26 NOVEMBER 2018, SCHAMUHN INTERVIEWED RUTH DAW REGARDING HER PRIOR DONATIONS. THE INFORMATION BELOW HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THAT INTERVIEW: ON THE LAMP, DAW RECALLED, “MY HUSBAND [CLIFF DAW] MUST HAVE GIVEN THAT ONE.” “THAT’S [1997] WHEN HE PASSED AWAY.” “THE FAMILY JUST GATHERED UP [CLIFF’S BELONGINGS] AND I SOLD THE HOUSE, SO WE JUST GATHERED UP A BUNCH OF STUFF AND BROUGHT [IT] IN.” “HE [CLIFF] MUST HAVE JUST PICKED [IT] UP SOMEWHERE.” PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19970055001 FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION AND COPIES OF ARTICLES REGARDING THE FAMILY HISTORY.