Square-shaped base with slightly concave sides. All four sides have a small double pronged projection in center. Sides taper up toward a flat square top. A square hole (ca. 1.8 x 1.8) pierces top to bottom.
Rectangular piece of carved wood. Three holes in piercing at ends and in center. Incised decorative lines on top in form of cross divided by verticals. Back flat with some decay and cracks. Possibility of red paint remains.
Gazda: Lamp holder with hanging lamps. Bronze. This lamp holder, shaped as a leafy tree on which an owl sits, is a common type found in Pompeii. The small lamps, topped by mice, would have hung on chains from the branches.
Verbatim Date
1st C BC - 1st C AD or modern replica
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Naples
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Thomas Spencer Jerome and the Bay of Naples (1899-1914)
Gazda: Lamp holder with hanging lamps. Bronze. This lamp holder, shaped as a leafy tree on which an owl sits, is a common type found in Pompeii. The small lamps, topped by mice, would have hung on chains from the branches.
Verbatim Date
1st C BC - 1st C AD or modern replica
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Naples
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Thomas Spencer Jerome and the Bay of Naples (1899-1914)
Gazda: Lamp holder with hanging lamps. Bronze. This lamp holder, shaped as a leafy tree on which an owl sits, is a common type found in Pompeii. The small lamps, topped by mice, would have hung on chains from the branches.
Verbatim Date
1st C BC - 1st C AD or modern replica
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Naples
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Thomas Spencer Jerome and the Bay of Naples (1899-1914)
Gazda: Lamp holder with hanging lamps. Bronze. This lamp holder, shaped as a leafy tree on which an owl sits, is a common type found in Pompeii. The small lamps, topped by mice, would have hung on chains from the branches.
Verbatim Date
1st C BC - 1st C AD or modern replica
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Naples
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Thomas Spencer Jerome and the Bay of Naples (1899-1914)
Gazda: Lamp holder with hanging lamps. Bronze. This lamp holder, shaped as a leafy tree on which an owl sits, is a common type found in Pompeii. The small lamps, topped by mice, would have hung on chains from the branches.
Verbatim Date
1st C BC - 1st C AD or modern replica
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Naples
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Thomas Spencer Jerome and the Bay of Naples (1899-1914)
Gazda: Lamp holder with hanging lamps. Bronze. This lamp holder, shaped as a leafy tree on which an owl sits, is a common type found in Pompeii. The small lamps, topped by mice, would have hung on chains from the branches.
Verbatim Date
1st C BC - 1st C AD or modern replica
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Naples
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Thomas Spencer Jerome and the Bay of Naples (1899-1914)
Cut from a single block of stone. The first drain hole was too high so it was plugged with a led sealing on the inside and a marble outer one. A second hole was placed lower down.