Lamp

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/838 a-b

Spanish style glass lamp with ovoid body, tubular spout, concave-ring base and vertical bands painted on in yellow and grey. Unbroken. Part b is the gilt bronze bell-shaped lid. Circle decorations at rim with hole in the interior and one suspension lug at middle of body. Lid is corroded and incomplete.


  • Type of Item lamp
  • Culture Peruvian
  • Material glass, bronze metal, paint
  • Measurements height 7.1 cm, diameter 4.7 cm (part a) height 4.0 cm, diameter 2.7 cm (part b)

  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer

  • Made in Peru

  • Creation Date between 1532 and 1700
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0838 a-b