Vintage Welsh Miner’s Lamp The blue jay’s tail does

The blue jay’s tail does look like it has been broken and glued back on (pictured)

The zipper works perfectly with no sticking

This early 1900s edition of Rudyard Kipling’s best works contains The Jungle Book

The fleur de lys collection is highly valuable

Measures 10

Vintage Welsh Miner’s Lamp The blue jay’s tail doesThis little lamp is one of my favorite finds yet, because I had no idea of its history until I brought it home with me and did some research. Before electric lamps were invented in the early 1900s, miners would use kerosene lamps like this one as a light source down in the mines. This of course was fairly dangerous, as any open flame had the possibility of igniting gases released in the mining process. This lamp in particular seems to be fairly rare,