Oil lamp
Hinks and Son
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal alloy
Measurements
410 mm (Height); 90 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Birmingham
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335160
Summary
Hanging oil lamp. Gold painted metal of bird motif, engraved with a pattern, hanging ring on top. Attached by a modern metal ring to a metal disc, from which hang chains forming a cradle for an oil lamp with adjuster of silver metal. Lamp stamped ‘Hinks & Son. Birm’.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Hinks and Son, maker