This would’ve been hung in an early church and provided lighting.
Later bronze rather than pottery fiber, would have held up a similar candleholder
I have listed 20 different from the same collection.
These were manufactured and used 300-600AD
All part of an ancient oil lamp collection put together in the early 1900s.
Includes pagan, Christian, Jewish, early Islamic, and Middle Ages bronze.
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