A brass and steel Davy type Miners safety lamp, with hinged brass domed top with suspension hook, with sliding reflector and mesh gauze on a brass base with screw off bottom, unmarked, 22.5cm; a safety lamp by E Thomas & Williams Ltd, Cambrian Type No:13 'Midget', 22cm; a further safety lamp stamped for Thomas & Williams, Aberdare, 24cm; a brass, chrome and steel safety lamp by E Thomas & Williams Ltd, Cambrian Type No:1, 27.5cm; an E Thomas & Williams Ltd 'Cambrian Carbide' helmet lamp; a miners check pit tally for Merthyr Vale Colliery, a Miners brass pocket watch protector, the thick bevelled glass top unscrewing and housing a late Victorian silver cased pocket watch by Jones & Jones, Porth; a n early 19th century colour print of Stephenson's and Davy safety lamps; a late 19th century Gymmer Colliery porcelain cup
From a private Bedfordshire collector
Sold for £750
Condition Report
All safety lamps show signs of use.
Colliery mug in good condition.
A brass and steel Davy type Miners safety lamp, with hinged brass domed top with suspension hook, with sliding reflector and mesh gauze on a brass base with screw off bottom, unmarked, 22.5cm; a safety lamp by E Thomas & Williams Ltd, Cambrian Type No:13 'Midget', 22cm; a further safety lamp stamped for Thomas & Williams, Aberdare, 24cm; a brass, chrome and steel safety lamp by E Thomas & Williams Ltd, Cambrian Type No:1, 27.5cm; an E Thomas & Williams Ltd 'Cambrian Carbide' helmet lamp; a miners check pit tally for Merthyr Vale Colliery, a Miners brass pocket watch protector, the thick bevelled glass top unscrewing and housing a late Victorian silver cased pocket watch by Jones & Jones, Porth; a n early 19th century colour print of Stephenson's and Davy safety lamps; a late 19th century Gymmer Colliery porcelain cup
ProvenanceFrom a private Bedfordshire collector