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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CATALOGUE OF BRONZES.

2530. LAMP, with two spouts and chains for suspcnsion ; on the top, a bearded mask. Diam.
7 in. Towneley Coll.

2531. LAMP, in the form of a grotesque or negro’s head, holding the spout in the open mouth,
with thick woolly hair. The hole for filling is on the top of the head and has a cover on which
the hair is similarly rendered. The handle is in the form of a plait of hair. Length 3! in.
Payne Knight Coll.

2532. LAMP. The handle has a leaf attached above, and ends in front in a dog’s head with
open mouth ; on either side is a rude snake (?) along the edge of the lamp. Length 10 in.
Towneley Coll.

2533. LAMP. The circular part is grooved in concentric circles ; at the parts where it joins the
spout are two rosettes. Over the feeding-hole in the centre is a moulded cover to which a
chain is attached, its other end being fixed in the mouth of a lion’s head which forms the end of
the handle, which is twisted and curves over. Length 5 in. Ht. 2J in. Payne Knight Coll.

2534. LAMP. The hole for filling is shaped like a leaf; the handle curves over in the form of
a lion’s mask hoilowed out ; in the mouth is a ring with chain attached. Ht. 5x in. Length
8! in. Payne Knight Coll. Lion’s mask well executed.

2535. LAMP, in the form of a fir-cone ; at the back is a bust of Eros in relief resting on a

calyx ; on the top is a flower-shaped hole for filling, and a large ring with chain attached.

Spout at end ; three small feet. Ht. 3f in. Length 5i in. Castellani, 1873.

2536. LAMP, as the last; no bust and no chain. Length4jin. Ht. 3i in. Bequeathed by Miss
Auldjo, 1859.

2537. LAMP, with two spouts ; on the top is a scallop-shell, in which is the filling-hole ; on
eithA side is a knob, and on the top two rings for chains. Length 3f in. Handle broken off.

2538. LAMP in the shape of a leaf, with spout and three small holes for filling ; the handle
curves over in the forrn of a calyx, from which springs a horse’s head. At the back is
incised A. Ht. 4 in. Length 7$ in. Towneley Coll. Patina.

2539. LAMP, as the last. Ht. 4jj in. Length in. Payne Knight Coll.

2540. LAMP, with long spout ; on the middle part, leaves and other patterns in relief; the
handle is knotted above and ends in two leaves below, and a large vine-leaf is attached to it.
Length 9 in. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856.

2541. LAMP, in the form of a snail-shell inverted, standing on three small feet. In the top is
a small hole for the wick, and a ring with chain attached. Length iL in. Sloane Coll. 463.
Piece broken out of top.

2542. LAMP, as the last, but apparently an imitation of a whelk or other shell-fish ; on the top
is a sort of comb. Length 3 in. From Nocera. Castellani, 1873.

II. CANDELABRA (2543-2558).

2543. CANDELABRUM. Stern fluted, alternately vertical and spiral ; at the top is a saucer
resting on a cup, tvith egg-pattern round it. The feet are in the form of panthers’ heads resting
on lions’ claws on round bases ; behind each head is a leaf, and on the top of each head, nine
perforations ; between them are large leaves on which are tvvo rams’ heads pointing down-
wards, in low relief, carefully executed. Ht. 3 ft. 9J- in. Frorn Canino. Bequeathcd by Sir W.
Temple, 1856.