- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Calthrop shaped candlestick made of red pottery. [MOBB [OPS move] 6/4/2017]
- Long description
- Calthrop shaped candlestick made of red pottery. There are triangular impressions between each arm and triangular punch marks along each edge of each arm. All four sockets appear to have been used. [MOBB [OPS move] 6/4/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Swedish
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1896
- Date collected
- 1896
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1932
- Materials and processes
- Material Pottery, Process Socketed, Process Decorated, Process Punched, Process Handbuilt, Process Moulded
- Dimensions
- Height: max 110 mm, Width: max 132 mm, Length: max 140 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1932.88.1033 Other numbers: CE 2 [C E 2]
Search terms: Lighting, Pottery, Candlestick, Lamp
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