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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Inherited candle holder (?)

« on: September 26, 2013, 05:44:52 pm »

Thank you so much! After looking at a bunch of images online--now that I know what to search under--I think it definitely is an antique oil lamp. I'm even wondering from the design if it might be Ancient Roman. Will research some more. Thanks again!

Nathaniel

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Inherited candle holder (?)

« on: September 26, 2013, 12:36:14 pm »

Interesting! No, there are no grooves inside (pic attached). I'm not sure whether the head is hollow or whether is just a channel running between the holes. It does not appear as though it is missing any pieces. Thanks!

Nathaniel

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Inherited candle holder (?)

« on: September 26, 2013, 10:46:02 am »

My grandmother was from Yugoslavia, but lived in Italy briefly after the war; and prior to the war, she had traveled a fair amount.

Thanks!

Nathaniel

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Inherited candle holder (?)

« on: September 26, 2013, 10:42:11 am »

Thank you for the follow-up questions. I don't see any markings on it anywhere. The triangular base on which it sits measures app. 1". The distance from "spout" at front to leaf at back is app 4". It is 2" tall to the top hole and 2 1/4" to the top of the leaf in back. It has a green patina in places. I don't see a seam anywhere from casting. To my inexperienced eye, it seems handmade with rough circles where the two holes are and the hole under the leaf (which I assume is where one would hold it). Thanks. Attaching another picture in case it helps.

Nathaniel

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Inherited candle holder (?)

« on: September 26, 2013, 10:26:50 am »

Another picture.

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Antique Questions Forum / Inherited candle holder (?)

« on: September 26, 2013, 10:24:47 am »

I hope you will forgive my imposing. I am not particularly knowledgeable about antiques. I am curious about something I have had on my bookshelf for years, which I inherited from my grandmother twenty-plus years ago. She was an immigrant from Eastern Europe who arrived in the US after WWII. I thought it might be a candle holder, but I am not even sure of that. It is made from a heavy metal; perhaps, bronze? I am attaching pictures to this. Any help identifying it--what it is, where it is from, when it was made--would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Nathaniel