Grand Tour Roman Hanging Oil Lamp with Dolphins 19th century A.D. A Grand Tour reproduction of an early Roman Imperial period hanging oil lamp in the British Museum, composed of a squat body with two nozzles, leaping lion bursting through acanthus leaves on each side, handle formed from two addorsed diving dolphins, floral plaques to the nozzle and shoulder, stylised petals decorating the body and base, bearded and horned satyr head to the underside of both nozzles; hook to top; base absent. Cf. Bailey, D.M., A Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum: IV. Lamps of Metal and Stone, and Lampstands, England, 1996, pl.35-37. 3.3 kg, 31cm wide (12 1/4 in.). UK private collection. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant pages in A Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum: IV. Lamps of Metal and Stone, and Lampstands.