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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 9762985, member: 360&quot;]I completely forgot I owned this. I don&#039;t even remember how I got it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I stumbled across it today in my collection while I was sorting out some stuff. To my knowledge, I&#039;ve never shared it with the forum, so...here goes...</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my antique opium lamp. It&#039;s brass, with Chinese-style decorations around the sides. It was originally red-and-blue enameled. I don&#039;t think the chimney is original, but it fits around the lamp really well, regardless, with no wobbling or fear of falling off. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was curious to see if it still works, so I fashioned a wick out of some cotton string, filled the lamp with oil, poked the wick through the wick-holder, adjusted the height, reassembled the lamp, and set it on fire...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]480324[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]480325[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]480326[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Voila!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Not bad, eh?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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