Roman oil lamp lion

Product description

The oil lamp is crafted after an original from the 1st century AD. It is decorated with the depiction of an exotic lion. Oil lamps were the main source of artificial light during the Roman Empire and afterwards, having been produced in a large diversity of forms. Lamps such as this were utilised from as early as the period of the Roman Republic.

Olive oil was originally employed as fuel, though this oil lamp may of course also be burnt with modern lamp oil. The lamp is entirely hand made using two different moulds, and is afterwards fired at a temperature of 1200 °C. It measures 11 x 8 cm. Delivered including wick.