Metal lamp for hanging. Open, ?brass, pear-shaped lamp with flat bottom and slightly expanding sides. Square sectioned, iron, vertical handle attached at the back; it bends over the lamp and at the end a twisted iron hook and spike is attached, as is a metal wire pricker at the end of a chain. [MOBB [OPS move] 18/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Metal lamp for hanging. Open, ?brass, pear-shaped lamp with flat bottom and slightly expanding sides. Square sectioned, iron, vertical handle attached at the back; it bends over the lamp and at the end a twisted iron hook and spike is attached, as is a metal wire pricker at the end of a chain. [MOBB [OPS move] 18/5/2017]
Long description: The side of the lamp is decorated with engraved scrolled foliage and images of birds and animals. [MOBB [OPS move] 18/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Italy
Europe > Southern Europe > Italy; Rome
Cultural groups: Italian
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1894
Date collected: 1894
Acquisition information: Donated: 1932
Materials and processes: Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Iron Metal, Material Brass Metal, Process Incised, Process Decorated, Process Jointed, Process Cast
Dimensions: Height: max 118 mm, Width: max 68 mm, Length: max 105 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1932.88.267 Other numbers: QS 41 [Q S 41]

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