Cressets definitions

Cressets

1) Fire baskets 2) Metal baskets for burning oil 3) Old-time torches 4) Torch cups
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Cressets

Lengths of rope dipped in pitch and lit in small open cages and used as stage lighting in the 17th century. (From Latin 'Crassus' = fat or grease)
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