A descriptive catalogue of the bronzes of European origin in the South Kensington Museum (1876)
South Kensington Museum, Fortnum, C. Drury E. (Charles Drury Edward), 1820-1899 · London : Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode and sold by Chapman & Hall · leaf 439
eafuring the relative quantities of wine and water to be mixed in thecrater; thofe of bronze being for fecular ufe at the banquet j thofe offilver, frequently votive, for libations to divinities. But of the corredlGreek or Latin name for this veflel we are yet in doubt, Mr. Oldfieldfhowing that… … Lamps, 163 filling the oil, and a loop above the tail for fufpenfion, or for Byzan-attaching the trimming tools. Byzantine. 6th or 7th cen-tury. L. 8f in., H. 5 in. Bought 10/. A curious and unufual lamp of early date. ITALIAN.137- ^5- LAMP. Bronze. In the fhape of an ancient galley, on the…
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