Oil lamp
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Place of origin
Europe
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Ormesby Hall, Redcar and Cleveland (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Ormesby Hall, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, North, National Trust
NT 708352.2
Summary
One of a pair of oil lamps. The oil reservoir from which the two branches issue mounted with a female mask and raised on a fluted column (a) over a classical drum with rams' masks and undulating fluting on a base supported on four paw feet/winged sphinxes. Both oil lamps converted for electricity, but retaining wick tweezers and reservoir covers on chains.
Provenance
Pennyman collection devised in October 1961 to The National Trust under the terms of Col. J.B.W. Pennyman's will.