OIL LAMP
Description of Object:
Terracotta Oil lamp; the design on top is of one of the gods holding a sword. it is patterned underneath and on the spout and handle.
Discussion:
Could be filled with animal oil but probably vegetable (olive) oil. A woven wick was placed in the hole at the tip of the lamp to burn the oil.
Date of Object:
Probably 1st Century
Find-spot:
Collector B L Vawdrey does not state where this object was found but a large proportion of objects similar to this were known to have been found in Kinderton, Middlewich where he was once resident at Kinderton Hall.
Dimensions:
9cm long, 4.2cm high, 6.5cm width.
Location:
Held in a private collection belonging to Peter Moore-Dutton of Tushingham
