Lamp Filler

The Ancient Greeks did not have electricity, so they burned olive oil in pottery lamps to light their houses, workshops and temples. They used fillers like this to top up the oil in the lamps when it ran out.Each lamp produced as much light as one candle, so they had to use lots of lamps if they wanted a bright light in a room. Sometimes moths and other insects flew into the flames of the lamps and sometimes mice drank the oil. Electricity is much cleaner, brighter and simpler!