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Description: | Cast copper alloy lamp hanger/suspender. Medieval. Circular terminal with central hole (3mm diameter) attached to a long shank (17mm long), circular in section. The shank widens and branches into 3 points, roughly made and approximately triangular in section. In the centre of the base protrudes a flat area with a central hole. Broken horizontally across the hole.Egan writes that lamps of ceraminc and glass would normally have been suspended form the ceiling. Many contemporary illustrations fail to show in detail quite how these suspension devices worked. It seems likely that multiple chains held the lamp in place via the suspension holes in the centre and end of the three arms.Similar objects are illustrated and discussed in "The Medieval Household: Medieval Finds from excavations in London" Egan, G. 1998. Page 130, figs. 98 and 99.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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