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F W Robins

Also known as: F W Robins; primary name: Robins, Frederick William
Details: individual; author/poet; collector; British; Male
Other dates: -1963 (circa)
Biography: Dilettante, collector and author ('The Story of the Lamp', OUP, 1939); Fellow of the RGS, member of Museums Association and Egypt Exploration Society, etc. Bequeathed lamps to the BM.
Bibliography: Bailey D. 1963-4, 'Some lamps from the F.W. Robins collection', British Museum Quarterly Vol. 27 no. 3/4, 88-91. Petch A. 2009, 'F.W. Robbins and lamps', in A. Petch, C. Wingfield and C. Gosden, England: The Other within. Analysing the English collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum. http://england.prm.ox.ac.uk/englishness-Robins-and-Lamps.html [Accessed 1 June 2012] Robins, F.W. 1939, The story of the lamp (and the candle) (Oxford).

81 related objects

archetype; lamp-mould

Museum number: 1963,0715.54 |
Producer name: BIOG58768 Made by:Heras |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1stC BC(late)-1stC |
Production place: Made in:Athens

jug

Museum number: 1963,0715.81

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.28 |
Producer name: BIOG60092 Made by:Phronimus |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 101-150 |
Production place: Made in:Tunisia

lamp; forgery

Museum number: 1963,0715.79 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.6 |
Cultures/periods: x14683 Western Greek |
Production date: 450BC-351BC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.46 |
Producer name: BIOG60645 Made by:Strobilus |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 70-100 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.63 |
Production date: 1870-1939 |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.45 |
Producer name: Made by:Aulus PacciusWorkshop of:Paccius |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 25BC-25 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.29 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 3rdC-4thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.2 |
Cultures/periods: x14428 Ptolemaic |
Production date: 1stC BC |
Production place: Made in:Egypt

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.13 |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 150BC-101BC |
Production place: Made in:Pergamon |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.48 |
Cultures/periods: x14428 Ptolemaic |
Production date: 1stC BC |
Production place: Made in:Egypt

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.19 |
Cultures/periods: PtolemaicRoman |
Production date: 50BC-10 |
Production place: Made in:Egypt |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Egypt

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.55 |
Production date: 1870-1939 |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.30 |
Producer name: BIOG58268 Made by:L Fabricius Agat( ) |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 101-150 |
Production place: Made in:Italy |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Great Marlow

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.72 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.21 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 67-100 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.31 |
Producer name: BIOG57255 Made by:C Atilius Vestalis |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 90-140 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.47 |
Producer name: BIOG60183 Made by:Pulchri |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 76-100 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.50 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 30-80 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.20 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 98-192 |
Production place: Made in:Ephesus

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.51 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 3rdC-4thC |
Production place: Made in:Egypt

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.1 |
Cultures/periods: PtolemaicRoman |
Production date: 100BC-10 |
Production place: Made in:Egypt

lamp; forgery

Museum number: 1963,0715.78 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.16 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1stC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.60 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.62 |
Production date: 1870-1939 |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp; forgery

Museum number: 1963,0715.80 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.70 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.18 |
Cultures/periods: PtolemaicRoman |
Production date: 50BC-10 |
Production place: Made in:Egypt

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.35 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 175-250 |
Production place: Made in:Tunisia |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Whitstable

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.40 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 50-100 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

lamp; forgery

Museum number: 1963,0715.76 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC |
Production place: Made in:France

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.37 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 25-75 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Smyrna

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.42 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 70-90 |
Production place: Made in:Campania

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.24 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 4thC-5thC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.67 |
Production date: 1870-1939 |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.12 |
Cultures/periods: PtolemaicRoman |
Production date: 100BC-10 |
Production place: Made in:Egypt

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.73 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.26 |
Producer name: BIOG58325 Made by:Florentius |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 175-225 |
Production place: Made in:Italy |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Oxford

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.49 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 250 |
Production place: Made in:Athens

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.23 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 2ndC |
Production place: Made in:Tarsus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Rochester (Kent)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.11 |
Cultures/periods: PtolemaicRoman |
Production date: 1stC BC |
Production place: Made in:Egypt

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.52 |
Producer name: BIOG59073 Made by:Kyrax |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 4thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Athens

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.32 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 27BC-37 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.38 |
Producer name: BIOG59076 Made by:L M( )C( ) |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 40-90 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.44 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 150-200 |
Production place: Made in:Tripoli |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tripoli

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.65 |
Production date: 1870-1939 |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.71 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.33 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1-50 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.7 |
Cultures/periods: x14683 Western Greek |
Production date: 400BC-376BC |
Production place: Made in:Sicily |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Malta

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.56 |
Production date: 1870-1939 |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.22 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 50-80 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.41 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 51-100 |
Production place: Made in:Tarsus

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.66 |
Production date: 1870-1939 |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.27 |
Producer name: BIOG57903 Made by:Crispinus |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 175-225 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.17 |
Cultures/periods: x14428 Ptolemaic |
Production date: 1stC BC |
Production place: Made in:Egypt

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.10 |
Cultures/periods: x14428 Ptolemaic |
Production date: 2ndC BC |
Production place: Made in:Egypt |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Luxor (Thebes)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.25 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 240-260 |
Production place: Made in:Athens |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Athens

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.68 |
Production date: 1870-1939 |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.4 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1stC-2ndC

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.74 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.59 |
Production date: 1870-1939 |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.58 |
Production date: 1870-1939 |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.75 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.8 |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 250BC-176BC

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.5 |
Cultures/periods: RomanGallo-Roman |
Production date: 2ndC |
Production place: Made in:ItalyMade in:Gaul

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.43 |
Producer name: BIOG57829 Made by:C Clodius Successus |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 90-110 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.61 |
Production date: 1870-1939 |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.36 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 67-100 |
Production place: Made in:Campania |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cumae (historic - Campania)

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.69 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.15 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 10BC-10 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.14 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 50BC-10 |
Production place: Made in:Italy |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sanctuary of Juno Sospes (Lanuvium)Excavated/Findspot:Tiber, River

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.34 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 26-75 |
Production place: Made in:Italy |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Pompeii

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.53 |
Producer name: BIOG57221 Made by:Ariston |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 100BC-86BC |
Production place: Made in:Athens

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.9 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 325BC-290BC |
Production place: Made in:Athens

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.57 |
Production date: 1870-1939 |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp; replica

Museum number: 1963,0715.64 |
Production date: 1870-1939 |
Production place: Made in:Naples (city)

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.3 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 50BC-1BC |
Production place: Made in:EgyptMade in:Turkey

lamp; forgery

Museum number: 1963,0715.77 |
Production date: 18thC-20thC

lamp

Museum number: 1963,0715.39 |
Producer name: BIOG60678 Made by:C T( ) P( ) |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 40-75 |
Production place: Made in:Italy