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English: An ornate carcel lamp. A major form of interior lighting during the early years of the nineteenth century. A clockwork motor in the base pumps oil to the burner at the top. Earlier lamps were gravity fed with an oil reservoir above the burner making them top heavy.
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Source This image of a carcel lamp is a detail taken from Wikimedia commons at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eclairage.jpg
Author Maurice Dessertenne c1900 in "Eclairage", in Nouveau Larousse Illustré, tôme quatrième E-G

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