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1918.25.104.2

Oil vessel or lamp for use inside lantern [1918.25.104 .1]. Circular vessel with slightly rounded sides. Perforated on two sides through which a piece of metal wire is threaded and which continues below the object. The wire forms arms which are suspended between two smaller arms within the lantern. [MOBB [OPS move] 27/4/2017]

1918.25.104.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Oil vessel or lamp for use inside lantern [1918.25.104 .1]. Circular vessel with slightly rounded sides. Perforated on two sides through which a piece of metal wire is threaded and which continues below the object. The wire forms arms which are suspended between two smaller arms within the lantern. [MOBB [OPS move] 27/4/2017]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Beatrice Braithwaite Batty
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1918
Date collected
By 1918
Acquisition information
Donated: 06/1918 - 07/1918
Materials and processes
Material Copper Metal, Material Metal Wire, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Metal, Process Perforated, Process Jointed
Dimensions
Height: max 40 mm, Width: max 85 mm, Length: max 56 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1918.25.104.2 Other numbers: P 81

Search terms: Lighting, Religion, Lamp, Religious Object

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