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Spout lamps of practical purpose were once common in Europe 

 and America, but gave way to less smoky lighting apparatus. One 

 of these from New England was called kyal lamp by the Cape Cod 

 folks. It is of sheet iron, has a cylindrical reservoir with conical 

 lid and upcurving copper spout. The reservoir sets in a bucket-shape 

 base with projecting drip catcher and an iron bail fastened to the side. 

 The specimen dates about 1820. Kyal was identified by Dr. E. 

 B. Tylor ° as an old Scandinavian name. The kyal is of European 

 derivation, probably Flemish. (PI. 56, fig. 6, Cat. No. 169103, Middle- 

 town, Conn.; A. K. Crittenden; 9.5 inches (24 cm.) high.) A two- 

 spout lamp in the style of the kyal is seen in Plate 56, Figure 8, 

 made of sheet iron. Such spout lamps were used on the whalers of 

 an older period. It was also called "mill lamp." (Cat. No. 75378, 

 New London, Conn.; C. A. Williams & Co.; 8.6 inches (22 cm.) wide, 

 7.9 inches (20 cm.) high.) A hanging-spout lamp of brass following 

 in form the crusie and having the iron hanging spike of the crusie 

 is Flemish and is shown in Figure 9. The lid with button lift is 

 missing. (Cat. No. 130438, Antwerp, Belgium; Edward Lovett; 7.5 

 inches (19 cm.) long, 6 inches (15 cm.) high.) A similar lamp with 

 stand is found in the Loav Countries. It is of brass of fine yellow. 

 At the back of the reservoir is a loop by which the lamp may be hung, 

 also a wick tender hanging by a chain. The base is weighted with 

 sand. (PI. 56, fig. 10, Cat. No. 168316, Belgium; S. B. Dean; 10.3 

 inches (26 cm.) high.) A bucket two-spout lamp of heavy brass is 

 shown in Figure 7. The bucket has a pivoted strap bail to which it 

 attached the hanging hook. Drip catchers project from the sides. 

 The reservoir fits into the bucket and the spouts come in line with 

 the drip catchers. The specimen is well and strongly made. The 

 lamp is classified Flemish seventeenth century. (Cat. No. 22187, 

 Belgium, C. G. Sloan & Co.; 13 inches (33 cm.) wide, 9.8 inches 

 (25 cm.) high.) A lamp with square reservoir of chased brass and up- 

 curving spout having a drip catcher at the wick end is believed to 

 be Fren h (compare fig. 4). (PI. 56, fig. 13, Cat. No. 175592, France; 

 M. F. Savage; 7.4 inches. (18.5 cm.) long, 4.4 inches (11 cm.) high.) 

 From the Philippines comes a pottery spout lamp used by fishermen 

 in their gourd lanterns. The form of the lamp gives an indication 

 of Mohammedan influence. (PI. 56, fig. 12, Cat. No. 238386, Pasig, 

 Rizal; C. L. Hall; 7.4 inches (19 cm.) long.) A modern form of 

 the spout lamp is observed in the open-flame miner's lamp (fig. 11), 

 in which the wick tube is nearly vertical and so designed that when 

 the lamp is hooked on the cap it will incline to about the right 

 slant to give oil pressure on the wick. (Cat. No. 325646, United 

 States; Walter Hough; 2.6 inches (6.2 cm.) high.) A rare and at- 



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