Oil lamp
Hinks and Son
Category
Historic Services / Lighting
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
162 mm (Height); 95 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Birmingham
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 10189
Summary
A metal oil lamp body of baluster form decorated with vertical curving linear indentations, set on a circular plinth base. Raised decorative guards line the circumference base of the half wick outlet, and the wick heightening mechanism takes the form of a stem and circular knob, located on the neck of the lamp.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Marks and inscriptions
HINKS AND SON / BIRM (engraved on surface of wick hightening circular knob)
Makers and roles
Hinks and Son Mappin and Webb Ltd.