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1932.88.632

Pottery lamp of brown ware slipped brown. [MOBB [OPS move] 22/11/2016]

1932.88.632

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pottery lamp of brown ware slipped brown. [MOBB [OPS move] 22/11/2016]
Long description
Pottery lamp of brown ware slipped brown. Circular bowl shaped saucer lamp with expanded foot and expanded edge below the top rim. There is a pointed wick lip with two pointed projections on either side of the wick lip, and a wide handle at the back with two pointed ends. The expanded rim is incised with diagonal lines. [MOBB [OPS move] 22/11/2016]
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1932
Date collected
By 1932
Acquisition information
Donated: 1932
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Slipped, Process Incised, Process Coiled Handbuilt, Process Thrown
Dimensions
Diameter: max 84 mm, Height: max 38 mm, Length: max 96 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1932.88.632 Other numbers: FL 30 [F L 30]

Search terms: Lighting, Pottery, Lamp

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