Sanctuary lamp
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silver
Measurements
1010 mm (H); 330 mm (W)
Place of origin
Italy
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1334823.1
Summary
One of a pair of hanging silver lamps suspended from the ceiling by a pulley system which can be retracted to lift and lower the lamps. The second is smaller than the first. Both have a reservoir suspended from three chains. CPW Item 16 (Gallery Room) - '2. Italian silver sanctuary lamps.'
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.