Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

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E. LAMPS, CANDELABRA, AND FURNITURE

(2513—2585).

I. LAMPS (2513-2542).

2513. LA.MP, with two spouts, suspended by a chain attached by a double hook to the tails of
two dolphins, whose heads rest one on each spout, their tails being united. At each side the
front part of a lion springs forward ; one is smaller than the other and inferior in style, and
may be an ancient restoration, copied from the other, the position of which appears to have
been altered. Under each spout is a Satyric head in relief, with goat’s horns and long beard ;
below are palmette patterns in relief. The design is bold and original ; the details are
finely executed. Length I3i in. Ht. n~ in. ; with chain, 22J in. Found at Paris in 1863,
in an excavation in the Thermae of Julian beside the Hotel Cluny ; acquired 1864. Fine
Arts Quarterly Revicw, May, 1864, p. 271 (where the circumstances of the discovery are
related, but_ the accuracy of this account is open to doubt) ; Arch. Zeit. 1864, Anzeiger,
p. 285* ; Intermediaire des Chercheurs et des Curieux, iii. p. 196; Reinach, Musie de
St. Gerjnain-en-Laye, p. 349, No. 473. Compare a lamp given in Mus. Borb. ii. 13.

2514. LAMP, in tlie form of an equestrian figure. The man is beardless and wears a short
chiton ; he has held the reins in r. hand, and looks to his r. Thehorse isgalloping, with niouth
open ; its feet are off the ground, and under its body is a support; on its head is atop-knot. In
front of the horse is a spout, formed by the mouth of a cornic mask (cf. Nos. 652, 2484) ; behind
the man is a support, broken. Ht. 6~ in. Frorn Canosa. Castellani, 1873. Rough work and
rather corroded ; right hand of man injured and tail of horse broken off.

2515. LAMP, with seven spouts. Large central opening surrounded by egg-moulding and vine-
wreath ; between each spout is a female head in relief surrounded by formal tresses of hair and
wearing a beaded fillet with rosettes. Diam. 13 in. Thornas Coll., 1844..

2516. LAMP, with two spouts ; round it are four rosettes, and on either side the head of an

elephant with tusks. Length 8J in. Castellani, 1873. Fine patina ; good work.

2517. LAMP in the form of a captured deer, lying on its back with each fore-foot tied to the
corresponding hind-foot. At the back of its neck a cow’s head is attached. Ht. 5f in.
Towneley Coll. Caylus, Recueil, v. 70, fig. 3. Spout broken.

2518. LAMP, in form of dog lying curled up, biting his hind-leg ; he wears a collar. Length
4 in. Ht. l-J in. Crete, 1875. Spout broken.

2519. LAMP with two spouts and chains attached for suspension ; on the top, round the hole

for the wick, is a relief of a dog curled up. At the back is a sort of canopy, of two rude

Corinthian columns supporting an arch, within w'hich is a figure of Zeus standingwith thunder-
bolt in r. hand and sceptre in 1. ; he wears a himation over 1. shoulder girt round the waist.
Ht. 7f in. Coarse work.

2520. LAMP, vvith two mouths, one on each side, and chains attached for suspension ; at the
back is a figure of Selenfe in a chariot drawn by two bulls ; she wears a long chiton with
apoptygma and a small himation over her shoulders floating behind in the form of a crescent ;
behind her is the hole for feeding the lamp. Ht. 7|in. Payne Knight, Culte de Priape, pl. 6,
p. 59 ; Reinach, Repertoire, ii. p. 319, No. 8 ; Vaux, Ilandbook fo Brit. Mus. p. 415.