Accession No

1925.360


Description

Lead lamp stand or holder, base of object flat with short ridge around edges, rounded at one end and tapering to an blunt oblong shaped point, handle extends from rounded end and recurves then curves again.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England


Period

?Medieval ?Roman


Source

Pennant, Thomas [collector]; Feilding, Rudolph Robert B. A. A. (ninth Earl of Denbigh) [depositor and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1925.360; MAA: D 1912.82


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Lead


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Analysis)
Two cards for this object; one describes it as from the Pennant collection, English and possibly Medieval, the other as possibly Roman and possibly European.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Lead lamp stand
Event Date 1912
Author: maa


Research Visit (Archaeology Anthropology)
RES.2017.2383 | Researching David Pennant collections for a forthcoming exhibition on travel writing history at Dr Johnson's museum
Event Date 20/7/2017
Author: rachel hand


Description (Physical description)
Lead lamp stand or holder, base of object flat with short ridge around edges, rounded at one end and tapering to an blunt oblong shaped point, handle extends from rounded end and recurves then curves again.
Event Date 15/2/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


FM:45086

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