Oil lamp
This lamp was described by its collector as ‘By Fors. Red with dark glaze: length 3.5 in. (differs from the usual Mutina pattern in having a handle, and is of form 93.) On bottom, FORTIS. Found in Holborn (valley), 1866. (G.F. Lawrence, 5/6, 1927)’. It belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Montague who collected over 800 classical archaeological objects, which he bequeathed to the museum on his death.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/31
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- British archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Montague, LAD
- Material
- ceramic
- Common Name
- oil lamp
- Simple Name
- lamp
- Period Classification
- Roman Imperial - 31 BC-476 AD
