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Pitt Rivers Museum

1932.88.615

Pottery lamp of red ware with large area of brown glaze on the interior, and patches of it on the exterior. Bowl shaped saucer lamp with foot, rounded shoulder and expanding sides with slightly turned out lip at the rim. Single pinched wick nozzle. [MOBB [OPS move] 3/10/2016]


1932.88.615

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pottery lamp of red ware with large area of brown glaze on the interior, and patches of it on the exterior. Bowl shaped saucer lamp with foot, rounded shoulder and expanding sides with slightly turned out lip at the rim. Single pinched wick nozzle. [MOBB [OPS move] 3/10/2016]
Person
Field collector Sydney Gerald Hewlett
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1906
Date collected
By 1906
Acquisition information
Donated: 1932
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Pinched, Process Glazed, Process Thrown
Dimensions
Height: max 50 mm, Width: max 101 mm, Length: max 101 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1932.88.615 Other numbers: EP 1 [E P 1]

Search terms: Lighting, Pottery, Lamp