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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 80382, member: 54&quot;]Some will find this shocking but the new pix actually help support the minority opinion regarding an electric lamp.&nbsp; If the hole in bottom center is threaded, it may have held a small rotary spst on-off switch as they were made with threaded bodies for use in lamps and such.&nbsp; Then large hole near bottom of wall mounting plate may have been for the electric supply wires from the wall, which would have either wrapped around the snake thing or run along one or both sides, then down to the lamp thing via the chain nearest to the hole, into the hole, etc.&nbsp; One of those gold-colored fabric-covered cords wouldn&#039;t have looked too bad running along the outside of a bronze or brass lamp and chains.&nbsp; If you still think it is an oil lamp, well it might be but that&#039;d be easier to believe if you can come up with an explanation for the two large holes I think were for electrical purposes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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