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HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
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nozzles. Lamps with two nozzles are often found. These were
sometimes placed at one end, the handle being at the other;
sometimes in the case of hanging lamps, at opposite ends, as in
the example shown in Fig. 185.
Lamps with several nozzles are not infrequently met with.
The shape is often circular, as in two of the examples pre-
sented in Fig. 186, one of
which had six wicks, the other
twelve. Sometimes a more U
ornamental form was adopted. V*
Lamps having the shape of a
boat are not uncommon; the Fig- ^.-Bronze lamps with ornamental
covers attached to a chain.
one represented in Fig. 186
.was provided with nozzles for fourteen wicks.
The hanging lamps were sometimes made with a single nozzle,
as the curious one having the shape of a mask shown in Fig. 189,
at the left; sometimes with two nozzles (Fig. 185). Bronze
hanging lamps with three arms, each of which contained a place
for a wick, are occa-
sionally found ; an ex-
ample is given in Fig.
189, at the right. Still
more elaborate are
those with a large num-
ber of nozzles, as the
one represented in the
same illustration, which
had nine wicks.
Fig. 188.— Bronze lamps with covers ornamented with
figures.
The name of the
maker is often stamped
upon the bottom of the lamp, sometimes in the nominative case,
as Pulcher, in the example given in Fig. 184, more often in the
genitive and in an abbreviated form.
The variety displayed in the ornamentation of lamps was as
great as that manifested in the forms. Ornament was applied to
all parts, —the body, the handle, the cover, and even the nozzle.
The covers of the two bronze lamps shown in Fig. 188 are
adorned with figures. On one is a Cupid struggling with a
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nozzles. Lamps with two nozzles are often found. These were
sometimes placed at one end, the handle being at the other;
sometimes in the case of hanging lamps, at opposite ends, as in
the example shown in Fig. 185.
Lamps with several nozzles are not infrequently met with.
The shape is often circular, as in two of the examples pre-
sented in Fig. 186, one of
which had six wicks, the other
twelve. Sometimes a more U
ornamental form was adopted. V*
Lamps having the shape of a
boat are not uncommon; the Fig- ^.-Bronze lamps with ornamental
covers attached to a chain.
one represented in Fig. 186
.was provided with nozzles for fourteen wicks.
The hanging lamps were sometimes made with a single nozzle,
as the curious one having the shape of a mask shown in Fig. 189,
at the left; sometimes with two nozzles (Fig. 185). Bronze
hanging lamps with three arms, each of which contained a place
for a wick, are occa-
sionally found ; an ex-
ample is given in Fig.
189, at the right. Still
more elaborate are
those with a large num-
ber of nozzles, as the
one represented in the
same illustration, which
had nine wicks.
Fig. 188.— Bronze lamps with covers ornamented with
figures.
The name of the
maker is often stamped
upon the bottom of the lamp, sometimes in the nominative case,
as Pulcher, in the example given in Fig. 184, more often in the
genitive and in an abbreviated form.
The variety displayed in the ornamentation of lamps was as
great as that manifested in the forms. Ornament was applied to
all parts, —the body, the handle, the cover, and even the nozzle.
The covers of the two bronze lamps shown in Fig. 188 are
adorned with figures. On one is a Cupid struggling with a