Famine
An individual hand-built steampunk lamp which includes upcycled parts.
Whilst you sleep or watch TV, you can be comforted this chap to watch over you. He illuminates your world whilst reminding you that you may be hungry and need to visit the fridge, by having the word FAMINE across his forehead.
Dimensions, not including the bulb, are about 35cm wide X 20 cm high X 25cm deep.
This little fella comes with two E27-fitting screw-in light bulbs. One houses flickering flame, suitable as a bedside night light or ornament (Christmas, Eid, Yom Kippur, Diwali or anniversary of England beating Germany in the 1966 World Cup). The other is a large traditional Edison-style 4 watt LED bulb to brighten the corners of your shack, making you think that you are living in 1929, after the stock market crash. The eyes have been reworked to glow in the dark.
The 10mm copper piping has brass fittings that are compression type with copper olives (not the type in a Martini, shaken not stirred).
The manometer (pressure gauge) has a scale of 1 Bar / 30 psi.
The upcycled hand is from a gruesome hand-puppet, which was used by a street entertainer to frighten children for decades.
The beige rope effect fabric flexible twisted double insulated 2 core 2 metre cable includes an in-line black traditional Torpedo 6 amp rocker switch, which disconnects both the Live and Neutral, and complies with BS EN 6108-2-1. This cable is terminated with a black 13-amp plug, which complies with BS 1363, and is fitted with a 1 amp fuse. An additional spare fuse is included. The other end is terminated with a black IP68 compression TRS M12 cable stuffing gland. Really, we didn’t just make that up.
The unit has an inscription on the back :
When the emir opened this seal, I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four linving creatures, saying “A quart of wheat for a days wages, and three quarts of barley for a days wages, and do not damage the oil and wine!”
Ee, he talks total gibberish after half a shandy.
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