Lamp

Item number Cg51 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Lamp made of pale buff, fine-grained clay and coated with a bright orange slip. The body is circular as viewed from the top and has a sunken flat discus enclosed by a shoulder ring broken to form a tapering point towards the nozzle. Two suspension knobs sit on the sloping shoulder nearer the nozzle. The vertical handle is moulded and pierced with a hole. The handle is decorated on the upper side with two shallow incised grooves. The projecting nozzle ends in a rounded termination with a raised plane at the extremity of the wick-hole. The flat base is enclosed by a base-ring and is inscribed. A small wick-adjustment hole is visible at the base of the nozzle.