Fire Basket

in Skagen: from 1627 to 1747 fire baskets were raised with a lever arm.]] During the Middle Ages fire baskets filled with sulfur were used to repel the Black Death. In addition to its lighting and heating functions, fire baskets have a wide variety of uses. Before document shredders, the fire basket was widely used to burn secret documents, and fire baskets are most often found in a garden for heat and light. as the beacon. In the 16th century, Frederick II ordered the erection of beacons at Skagen, Anholt and Kullen Lighthouse to mark the main route through Danish waters from the North Sea to the Baltic. These "bascule lights" or "tipping lanterns" () were fire baskets hung from a bascule.…