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Show Lamps of Early Days In the earlier period, before 1783, lamps in this country were mostly of iron. They were crude saucers, In which the wick lay at an angle, either on a little support or directly direct-ly on the edge of the vessel. Some j of these, called betty lamps by collectors, col-lectors, were oval, or pear-shaped; ' had hooks to suspend them above the fireplace and were equipped j with supports for the wicks to pre-' vent them from dripping grease outside out-side the lamp. |