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Description : A collection of pottery oil lamps, including a large Greek pottery oil lamp with rounded shoulder and wide central hole, on a slightly raised base, the spout angled slightly upwards, with a small pierced lug handle at the shoulder, circa 3rd Century B.C., 15.8cm long, 6.3cm high, a grey glazed Roman oil lamp, crisply decorated with foliage and trumpet-shaped decoration around the central hole, another with a multi-petalled rosette, a third with a worn petal design around the central hole, each with a maker's mark on the underside of the base, circa 1st Century A.D., two Romano-Egyptian 'frog' lamps, one with the clear outline of the frog in relief around the central hole, the other with two palm branches around the hole, both with maker's marks impressed on the underside of the base, circa 3rd-4th Century A.D, and a heavy pottery lamp in the form of the head of an African, the hair arranged into tresses, the nozzle formed from the extended face, probably Roman and an early Islamic pottery oil lamp with rounded shoulder and ridge around the broad central hole (8)Provenance: By repute acquired by Sir William Whitfield in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1940's
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Estimate (low-high) : 700 GBP-1000 GBP It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 138
Title : Collection Of Pottery Oil Lamps
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales, auctioneer, Newbury, UK It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : The Collection of Sir William Whitfield CBE | Part One
Sale date : 10 Mar 2020 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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