- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Lamp, made from brass, with four circular spouts and a small lip. [ASh [OPS move] 3/4/2017]
- Long description
- Lamp, made from brass, with four circular spouts and a small lip. Fluted base and a long thin stem leading from the base up to the spouts. The top loop is decorated with scroll-work. Attached via a metal plate and chains on a loop on the neck is a snuffer, a pricker, tongs and an extinguisher. [ASh [OPS move] 3/4/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1800-1900?, uncertain
- Date collected
- By September 1965
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1965
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Process Decorated, Process Moulded, Process Hammered
- Dimensions
- Width: max 185 mm, Height: max 726 mm, Depth: max 185 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1965.9.17
Search terms: Lighting, Tool, Fire, Lamp, Tweezers, Fire Accessory
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