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Three-wick, brass gimbal oil-lamp BAT 3634
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Three examples of three-wick gimbal oil-lamps were found on the site, These lamps are associated with the powder- room of the ship, They differ from ones found on the Vergulde Draeck GT 893 (Green, 1977) as the wick arrangement of these utilized a multiple yarn, lightly twined, cotton wick, mther than the wooden capillary wicks on the Vergulde Draeck lamps, BA T 3079 and BA T 3628 are similar in size (152 and 157 mm diameterrespectively) whereas BA T 3634 is smaller (130 mm diameter),
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