- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Metal lamp of tin with copper alloy (?brass) wick holder, mechanism for raising the wick and wick cap. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/5/2017]
- Long description
- Metal lamp of tin with copper alloy (?brass) wick holder, mechanism for raising the wick and wick cap. Rounded triangular lamp with flat bottom, straight sides and flat, recessed top. Vertical arm attached at the back curves towards the end, and a metal hook and spike are attached via a swivel loop. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/5/2017]
- Cultural groups
- French
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1880
- Date collected
- 1880
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Tin Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material White Metal, Process Soldered, Process Jointed, Process Bent, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Height: max 160 mm, Width: max 82 mm, Length: max 101 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.116.104 Other numbers: QC 101 [Q C 101] PR no.: 41/ 11363
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