Oil lamp

Skip to main content
Datedate unknown
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 2.5 x 8.9 x 5.7 cm (1 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHamilton College Collection
Object numberINV.656
On view
DescriptionSmall oil lamp with elongated spout - no decoration.

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2011
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.).
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: 6th-8th century
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.49
Oil lamp with possible Christian iconography
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 4th-7th century
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.20
Oil lamp with vine and leaf motif
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 5th-7th century
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.46
Oil lamp fragment
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 1st-2nd century
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.51
Oil lamp
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: 2nd century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1943.10
Oil lamp
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: c. 250-400 CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: INV.654
Photograph by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 750-600 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.2
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 6th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.13
Photograph by David Revette.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: early 6th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.10
Photograph by David Revette.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: late 7th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.11
Photograph by David Revette.
Aphaia Warrior Painter
Date: c. 575-550 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.12
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Date: c. 610-650 CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.5