1944.5.20.2B

Collection type

Object

Description

Globular body of a cheroot brass lighter, with a spout and open top. For the round base see [1944.5.20 .1 B] [RM [OPS move] 15/7/2016]

Long description

Cheroot brass lighter with broad round base, globular body, a spout and open top. Decorated with a raised floriate design against a black background. [ZM 24/11/2004]

Geographical reference

China

Asia > Eastern Asia > China

Xinjiang

Person

Field collector Marc Aurel Stein

PRM source The Estate of Marc Aurel Stein

PRM source Helen Mary Allen

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1901-1908

Date collected

1901-1908

Acquisition information

Purchased: 1944

Materials and processes

Material Pigment, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Brass Metal, Material Ink, Process Stained

Dimensions

Diameter: max 110 mm, Diameter: max 95 mm spout, Height: max 60 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1944.5.20.2B Other PRM accession number: 1944.5.B 20

Research and responses

One letter in the PRM manuscripts collection (Penniman Papers) from Stein which might explain his connection to the PRM. It is written to the curator of the time, Mr Penniman, dated June 6 1937: "22 Manor Place, Oxford. Dear Mr Penniman, I remember with pleasure our meeting at Kish in January 1929 and am glad to know you are now looking after anthropology here. It would have been a satisfaction to me to be of some little help to your future pupil as regard to his proposed visit to Lazistan. But I have never been anywhere near that tract(?) on the Black Sea and not knowing in what direction his interests lie I do not think that I could give any useful hints within the very limited time just now at my disposal, anyhow by writing. I have returned from a long journey in Iran and am about to seek some needful rest in the Cotswolds. But later on I hope for a chance of seeing you again. Yours sincerely, A. Stein. " [AS 10/12/2009]

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