- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Brass hanging lamp. Circular pan with flat bottom and slightly expanding sides and narrow projecting wick nozzle. Two vertical fleur-de-lis are attached on either side of the bowl, and a third is attached to a horizontal flange attached to the back vertical arm. Decorative open-word plate at the end of the arm. Suspension hook attached via swivel loop behind decorative plate. [MOBB [OPS move] 3/5/2017]
- Long description
- The vertical arm at the back is decorated with incised circles and hatch marks. The decorative plate resembles a temple with bird profiles along the slope of the roof and the entirety topped by a ?flower. [MOBB [OPS move] 3/5/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Moor
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1895
- Date collected
- 1895
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1932
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Process Decorated, Process Punched, Process Incised, Process Riveted, Process Cast, Process Jointed
- Dimensions
- Height: max 485 mm, Width: max 146 mm, Length: max 142 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1932.88.851 Other numbers: QA 1 [Q A 1]
1932.88.851
Brass hanging lamp. Circular pan with flat bottom and slightly expanding sides and narrow projecting wick nozzle. Two vertical fleur-de-lis are attached on either side of the bowl, and a third is attached to a horizontal flange attached to the back vertical arm. Decorative open-word plate at the end of the arm. Suspension hook attached via swivel loop behind decorative plate. [MOBB [OPS move] 3/5/2017]
1932.88.851
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