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Tin Oil Lamp Serving as a Bell
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Tin oil lamp that can be used as a bell. The iron foot is square, inverted conical and shows traces of black and red paint. In the middle of the foot a cylindrical shaft runs upwards, on which the tin oil lamp is placed. The oil lamp starts at the bottom with a conical shaft, above which two shallow nodi are visible. Above that the spout and the glass lamp. The surrounding tin frame has a handle on one side. The other side is decorated with Roman numerals.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineOlielamp van tin, dienst doende als klok. 1700 - 1800. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
