ii2 Field Museum of Natural History — Anth., Vol. VII. 



side, an eagle grasping a thunderbolt; another has on each side the forepart 

 of a bull; and the fourth is nearly plain. 



Naples 73000. Pompeii. Mus. Borb. II. xm; Overbeck, Pompeii, Tig. 233, e; Mau-Kelsey, 

 Pompeii, Fig. 201. 



73. (24219) Candelabrum 



Four claw feet resting on round, molded bases. Square, molded pedestal, 

 having at the corners of its upper surface palmette patterns, inlaid in silver. 

 Near the back a smaller, cylindrical pedestal, from which rises a tree-like 

 support. This bears three branches, from each of which is suspended a single- 

 wick lamp. One is in the form of a snail shell, with the snail protruding; the 

 second, somewhat smaller, is in the form of a snail shell,; the third has a 

 crescent-shaped handle, with ring below. 



Naples 72226. Pompeii. Ant. di Ere. VIII, lxvi; Mus. Borb. XVI, xxi. Inasmuch 

 as the illustrations cited do not show the third lamp, this must have been subsequently added in 

 the Museum of Naples. 



CENSER 



The following object, often classed with the candelabra, is evidently 

 better adapted for burning incense, the cup-like top serving to hold 

 charcoal. 



74. (24240) Censer 



Three-sided base with claw feet. On each side of the base a double palmette 

 ornament. The base is finished off above with Ionic volutes. The shaft has 

 at intervals projecting rings and disks, after the fashion of a wooden shaft 

 turned on a lathe. The cup-like top is in the form of a lotus flower. 



Naples 72193. Blumner, Kunstgewerbe im Altertum, II, Fig. 39. As the illustration shows, 

 the Naples Museum has a pair of these objects as closely alike as possible. 



LAMP-RESTS 



These low lamp-rests were set upon tables. Each has a circular 

 top and seems to have been designed for a special lamp (Pernice, in 

 the Anzeiger of the Jahrbuch des archaologischen Instituts, 1900, pp. 

 181-2). Each is supported on three claw feet. The first seven of the 

 nine following specimens are essentially similar, consisting of disk, 

 legs, and depending ornaments between the legs. 



75. (24081) Lamp-rest 

 Open-work ornaments between the legs. 

 Naples 72249. Mus. Borb. VI, xxx, i. 



76. (24067) Lamp-rest 

 Open-work ornaments between the legs. 



Naples 72246 (?). ^ 



77. (24084) Lamp-rest 

 Open-work ornaments between the legs. 

 Naples 72282 (?). 



