Oil lamp
Hinks and Son
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass and glass
Measurements
455 mm (Height); 118 mm (diameter of base)
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Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 533208
Summary
Early to mid-seventeenth century ‘low bell’ brass candlestick with oil peg lamp. Base is brass with floral engravings stem with rounded knop with a leaf design. With a cut glass section. Dial has marked with HINKS’S DUPLEX NO 2. Has been electrified but does not have wire attached. Bayonet bulb fixing.
Marks and inscriptions
On the Dial: HINKS’S DUPLEX NO 2.
Makers and roles
Hinks and Son, manufacturer