Earthenware oil-lamp

Description

A glazed earthenware oil-lamp with a strap handle. The rim is curved inwards to form a lip.

Object data

Accession number

CG 075

Creator

Unknown,English ( Possibly )

Date made

15th century AD

Materials

Ceramic; Pottery; Earthenware

Collection

Dimensions (cm)

Archival information

File of material relating to an oil lamp. Includes photocopy of information card with photocopy of image of object (date unspecified); Hunt Museum object comment sheet (22 February 1996) containing remarks made about object by Eileen Whyte, archaeologist/pottery specialist. Says that it is probably English and probably from the fifteenth century; photocopy of extract from 'Israel in Antiquity: from David to Herod' (New York: The Jewish Museum, 1982) by Andrew S. Ackerman and Susan L. Braunstein. Contains images and descriptions of oil lamps.

Place of collection

Technique

Copyright Attribution

Earthenware oil-lamp | Ceramic,Pottery,Earthenware | 15th century AD | The Hunt Collection | PD

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