lamp;
figure
- Museum number
- 1756,0101.36
- Description
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Circular bronze lamp-lid with a grip in the form of a standing goose. The hole in the underside was tapped in recent times to affix the object to a stand.
- Production date
- 1stC-2ndC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 3.10 centimetres
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Height: 3.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one.
Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Antiquities 36 "36. A goose in brasse."
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Similar lids with figures in the round first appeared in the Hellenistic period and were popular in Roman times.
Incorrect registration number has been painted on the base.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1756,0101.36
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: SLAntiq.36
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Sloane Miscellanea Catalogue number: 36 (Antiquities)