An oil lamp is the centerpiece of the stained-glass window in the Fisher Family Mausoleum in the Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The oil lamp hangs from the ceiling and is flanked by fluted Neo-classic pilasters.  A flickering flame billowing shades of blue and gray smoke provides hues of yellow to the window.

The oil lamp is not an uncommon symbol found in cemeteries and is recreated as bas-relief sculptures in stone, bronze sculptures, and here in stained glass.  For Christians meaning is found in many Bible verses:

II Samuel: Chapter 22, verse 29, says, “For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.”

Psalms 119:105: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”

John 8:12: “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

The light emanating from the lamp represents the pathway to Truth and to Knowledge and also represents Christ as the Light of the World.