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Description: | Spherical brass pierced-work hanging lamp with many floral and geometrical designs and inscriptions. The lamp consists of two parts, the circular body and the upper lid attached to it has three brass cylindrical candle holders (hollow tubes). The circular structure of the lamp consists of three sections and two borders. Pierced designs highlight the positive elements. The first section contains a floral design, the middle section geometrical designs and inscriptions while the bottom section contains floral and geometrical designs repeated alternately. The two borders have knot patterns of the same type and style. A blank central piece with only thin groove near the edge and a missing spike in the centre. The lamp is crowned with a repeated semicircle pattern and a small spiral motif in between, and three rings with holes for the movement of the chain. In the upper part or lid four round holes were cut for the candle holders, but only three holders survive. The holders have geometrical cut-out lattice designs and are soldered in place, one is loose. The two parts of the lamp are connected by three chains used for hanging the lamp and join to a fourth, small chain. The inside of the lamp is coated with bitumen/soot(?) some residue of the material can be seen in different parts of the inside of the lamp. A part is missing which should connect from the fourth chain to the hole in the upper surface. The lamp would be suspended with the tubes pointing downwards and the spherical part uppermost.
Inscriptions: written in bad Arabic in the central zone, probably by someone with poor knowledge of the language, extracts from a long sentence or a phrase in common use but applied here without realising many words are missing when read properly. There are spelling and grammatical mistakes as well, but the inscriptions seem to be praises to the Sultan: ( The mighty Sultan, the "Khaqan" the greatest king, the perfect, the knowledgeable, ...Upon injustice, ..for the hard times) .
Accession number: NCM 1915-73 | Subjects: | metalwork PERSIAN? lighting INDIAN? | Temporal: | 1800-1900? | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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