'THE SELF-LIGHTING ROMAN LAMP'

'THE SELF-LIGHTING ROMAN LAMP'

BY GEORGE E. UPTON, LONDON, C.1870

in the form of a hand-lamp, of thin stamped sheet bronze, the handle in the form of two snake's heads, a remarkable survivor with its original cardboard box and two tins of self-lighting tapers

17.8cm long

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p. 90, no. 193.