Lamp

Cresset lamps like this were filled with oil with a wick floating in the oil. This lamp was excavated from an early medieval rubbish in the centre of Exeter.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
300/1988/S1
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Exeter archaeology
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
Material
stoneBeer stone
Common Name
lamp
Simple Name
lamp
Period Classification
Saxo Norman (1066-1200)

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cresset lamp