Place the oil lamp on a flat surface that's covered with an old towel or absorbent rag. Be sure the lamp shade, chimney and all lamp parts are cool. Remove the shade and chimney and set them aside.

This terracotta lamp decorated with two fishes and a horse would have been used by the ancient Romans for artificial light; it would have been fuelled by olive oil and could easily be carried from ...

Rain lamps have few working parts, so very little goes wrong. Oil is pumped to the top canopy of the lamp and runs down the strands of fishing line, producing the effect of rain. Over time, the ...