Oil lamp base
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
metal
Measurements
360 mm (Height); 115 mm (Diameter)
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 289206
Summary
A plated metal oil lamp base. Circular domed base with ridges. Plain narrow stem with ring halfway up. Top has narrow circular opening and unscews, the candle pushed down inside the stem on a spring, only the wick showing through the hole. A light reflecting funnel fits over the top of the candlestick.