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Spirit lamp

White, John (Free, 3 December 1719. Entered mark, 10 December 1719. Bankrupt, 24 April 1740)

Spirit lamp with bowl-shaped reservoir, rising to a lip at the shoulder for the flat disc-shaped cover, engraved with a very worn lozenge-shaped coat of arms in a baroque cartouche, and fitted with a sleeve for the wick; the frame standing on three baluster S-scroll legs terminating in shallow domed feet, formerly containing wooden buns, moulded kettle ring with retaining pin on chain, the lamp in a subsidiary ring bracketed from the lower part of the legs. One leg engraved with the arms, three eagles displayed, in a lozenge, for Williams-Wynn.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 51189

Creation/Production

White, John

Acquisition

Gift, 18/11/1994

Measurements

Height (cm): 10.2
diam (cm): 20.6
Height (in): 4
diam (in): 8

Techniques

Cast
Forming
Applied Art
Raised
Forming
Applied Art
Engraved
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Silver, Britannia standard

Location

In store

Categories

Celf Gymhwysol | Applied Art
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