(a) lamp; iron forged; flat bottom pan, pear-shaped with spout; vertical tab attached to pan; fleur-de-lis motif on top; protruding pointed hook riveted to center; pointed rat-tail hook attached by link, with functionless link chain; (b) lamp; a pair with (a); h. each 16 cm.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Germany
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Collection date:
1931-1933
Materials:
Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil lamps
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
double cruisie type; small inner lamp available for portable use while other remains stationary
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)