Bowl Shaped Brass Lamp with Decorative Handle

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Bowl Shaped Brass Lamp with Decorative Handle

brass
height 6.8 cm
length 12.8 cm
width 9.0 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #292, PSU T-5 (210)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This brass lamp is rounded bowl-shaped and its large nozzle protrudes out to a rounded point. The handle is a thin decorative sheet attached to the rim and the bottom of the reservoir. Shape: Round-bodied lamp with rounded bottom, curving up to ledge rim; open on top; bowl-shaped; open triangular spout rounded at tip; decorative flanges on either side of nozzle at juncture with body; highly decorative high-swung vertical handle with curves and counter curves attached to rim by scrolls on either side and attached to inside of reservoir bowl. Decoration: None. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Mostly complete; three small holes in reservoir; some traces of burning; slight tarnish; overall very good condition.

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Portland State University Middle East Studies Center - Public Access
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Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
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Metal Arts, Utilitarian Objects
Keywords: 
Lamp
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Image reproduced with permission from Portland State University Middle East Studies Center. The institutions that house the specific Medieval Portland objects ultimately hold the rights to their image and reproduction; the images are provided here as a courtesy by those institutions and are for non-profit, educational use only.