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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