Electric lamp
Category
Historic Services / Lighting
Date
1860 - 1925
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
395 mms (Height); 195 mms (Diameter); 340 mms (Height); 230 mms (Diameter); 60 mms (Height)
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Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 353324.3
Summary
Ginger jar with cover. Converted to electric lamp. Late 19th or early 20th century. Chinese. Decorated with sprays of white cherry blossom on blue ground. Cover stuck to jar. Wooden base stuck to base of jar. Blue circle on base.
Provenance
Part of the Lothian Collection. The Hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1940 by Philip, 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882-1940).