- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pottery lamp, open-saucer style in pink-buff. There is a pinched nozzle for the wick and the base is flat. The inside is covered in a green glaze.
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1894
- Date collected
- 1894
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1932
- Dimensions
- Height: max 29 mm, Width: max 73 mm, Length: max 72 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1932.88.659 Other numbers: EP 19 [E P 19]
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