Mills Pieler

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John Mills, New Castle Pieler Lamp

This is one of the few Pieler lamps that was made in England.  It seems that the British mining industry preferred their Ashworth lamps over lamps invented on the Continent.  This particular lamp is a very early design.  Removable bonnet, no igniter or flame snuffer, and glass viewing window instead of mica.  Note the “standard” painted on the glass.  There is no scale, but there are references in at least one book indicating that early Pielers used glass that had a scale etched on them.  Obviously, the glass probably didn’t last too long.  The lamp is probably circa 1890.