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lamp (reservoir)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2010-07-20 17:39:02
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lamp (reservoir)
Description
English: Incomplete pottery lamp with a turned, cyclindrical body, widening towards the base, which has broken off, and tapering towards the everted base of the reservoir for the oil. There is some sooting apparent in this reservoir base, but most of it is now missing. It was probably originally circular to oval in plan with short sides and a lip at one end to hold the end of the wick so that it could be lit.

The fabric is a buff to light orange colour with exterior sooting, and is quite micaceous, which suggests that it is Lostwithiel type ware and dates from the 16th century (Carl Thorpe pers comm). Lamps of this form, but of different fabrics, continued to be used in Cornwall right up until the Victorian period when they were filled with pilchard oil and called 'chills'.

McCarthy & Brooks (1988) illustrate a similar example from Donyatt in Somerset which is also missing its reservoir on page 463, No.2275, which is dated to the 16th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 1500 and 1600
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 399216
Old ref: CORN-F51C87
Filename: July2010finds 003.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
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Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/399216
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