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31. (24300) Folding Stool 



The legs end below in animals' heads, similar to those of No. 30, but fan- 

 tastically prolonged into a sort of proboscis, which rests upon the floor. 



Naples 73152. Mus. Borb. VI, xxvm. The design of garlands on the modern wooden 

 frame is said in the text of the Museo Borbonico to be copied from the impression left by the origi- 

 nal ivory (?) frame. 



OTHER FURNITURE 



32. " (24162) Chair 



Only the bronze portions are antique. 

 Naples 1 1 1050. Pompeii. Not. d. Scavi, 1876, p. 27. 



33. (24284) Bench 



The legs are set a good way in from the ends. They curve outward, and 

 each pair rest on a flat cross-bar. 



Naples 73017. From the so-called Stabian Baths of Pompeii (?). 



34. (24280) Basin 



In the center of the basin are patterns of silver and copper inlay. Around 



the edge is an egg-and-dart pattern. The basin rests upon a marble support, 



which is decorated with downward-pointing leaves and fruit-stems. 



Naples 72990. The statement of Monaco that this basin is from the Temple of Isis at Pompeii 

 appears to be without foundation. Probably it is from a private house, like the marble basin 

 shown in Overbeck, Pompeii, Fig. 236. 



LAMPS 



Candles of wax and of tallow were familiar to the ancient 

 Romans, but their use seems to have been confined to the poor. 

 Lamps, in which olive oil was burned, were in much more general 

 use. The cheaper ones, which have survived in immense numbers, 

 are of earthenware, but bronze lamps were not rare. They are 

 small, and have usually one, two, or three nozzles for wicks. The 

 aperture for filling the lamp is provided with a removable cover. 

 If the lamp was to be carried about, it has a handle, often of orna- 

 mental form. Many lamps are furnished with chains for suspension. 



35. (24212, 24308) Lamp 



Three nozzles. Handle formed of two curving stems, attached above to 

 a heart-shaped plate, which is ornamented at top and bottom with palmettes. 

 On the cover a dancing ( ?) youth, poised on his right foot and looking back- 

 ward. He is nude, except for a loin-cloth; on his head is a peaked cap; from 

 his right hand a pick-wick depends by ring and chain. The small pedestal to 

 which the foot of the statuette is attached is furnished with two projections 

 corresponding to two slots. Except when the statuette is so turned that the 

 projections slip through the slots, the lifting of the figure lifts the entire cover. 



Naples 722S4. Ant. di Ere. VIII. xxvm; Mus. Borb. IV, lviii; Overbeck, Pompeii, Fig. 

 231, o; Mau-Kelsey, Pompeii. Fig. 196. 



