Is this an oil lamp or something else? Roman style......

Please is this an oil lamp or something in a Roman/ Romanesque style??

 

Inkwell maybe? A lamp would have the wick coming out where the pointy thing is.

 

I think that's Indian or Tibetan. @Any Jewelry ?

 

Not Tibetan in style or type of brass. No religious imagery, which you often see on Tibetan items, even if they are household items.

I don't see Roman or Romanesque influence either.

I wonder if it is some kind of 19th century European Historic Revival object?
There is a small hole next to the rivet of the lid. Puzzling. The cutout on the lid looks like it could fit a spoon.
The smaller thing on the handle(?) looks like a small lid or a candle snuffer.

 

Nothing Roman about it. Looks more like some kind of industrial mustard pot than anything else I can think of. Is the arm solid or hollow?

 

It has a piece missing; you can see the screw hole to the left of the lid hinge.

 

But not one on the other side. Hmmm.

 

3 x 5
12x 16
or 6 feet long by 464 feet high...

??????

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where u got it
where u are
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Interesting item, whatever it is. It almost look like a stabilizer on the side sort of like an out rigger canoe uses.

 

That is my impression too. But all that to keep the bottom part from moving when the lid is swung away?? It's another of those baffling things that will make perfect sense once it's correctly IDed.

 

Size compared to avg wine bottle.

 

Its all solid and the arm doesnt move just seems to provide handle and stabilty when on table????

 

The hole has no sign of a screw thread within it.

 

I bought this in a small brass joblot on ebay which included a couple of nice betty oil lamps which led me to the conclusion this might be a lamp too??? (see picture).

 

I also see two bells and an incense burner So...no idea. The missing screw-in bit might have been some sort of locking mechanism.

 

I don't know if yours is an oil lamp, it seems like an odd lid if it is, but I have found a few oil lamps with the same support handle.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/4023583790...=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&ufes_redirect=true


https://www.ebay.com/itm/4018147548...=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&ufes_redirect=true

 

I've seen some that look a bit like the second one; they were menorahs.