Metal Lamp with Pedestal and Bowl-Shaped Base

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Metal Lamp with Pedestal and Bowl-Shaped Base

cast iron: metal, probably iron (silver on handle?)
height 8.2 cm
length 8.8 cm
width 8 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #291, PSU 035bis (64)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This black, metal lamp is unique in shape. The base resembles a saucer and the wide, open, cup-shaped reservoir is held up on a tall, slender column. The handle is a thin metal strip extending down from the rim of the reservoir to, but not touching, the bottom of the column.  The rim is slightly dented for the wick. Shape: Lamp with base in the form of a shallow bowl with flat base and flaring concave sides; solid cylindrical pedestal; cup-shaped reservoir, slightly pinched on one side to form spout; very narrow handle (square in section) attached at lip opposite spout, extending down to lower part of pedestal, but not attached. Decoration: None. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Intact; bits of bright green fabric attached on bottom; entire surface blackened, encrusted, and sticky; handle is fairly clean, showing coppery metal with drop of silver on it?

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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
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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.