Summary
This porcelain votive lamp was excavated at the Commonwealth Block site between 1988 and 2003.
Cultural diversity in Little Lon.
Little Lon was home to a diverse population. Germans, Jews and Irish arrived in the mid 19th century; Chinese, southern Europeans and Syrians (Lebanese) in the 1880s; and Italians in the 1890s. Immigrants sometimes brought objects with them to remind them of home, or purchased new items that re-affirmed national loyalties. Pipes, vases or plates were decorated with flags, military heroes, an Irish lyre or English roses. The amount of foreign currency excavated also attests to diversity of the immigrants who frequented Little Lon.
Physical Description
This is a porcelain votive lamp. There are two angels holding up a cross and between the two angels, in a niche there is a depiction of the Virgin Mary.
Physical Description
Two fragments of figurine - figure in niche with cross on top. Christian? Possibly Virgin Mary. Two angels alongside cross. Suggest it to be the top of a votive lamp.
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Heritage Victoria, Industry Superannuation Property Trust, 03 May 2005
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Context Number
01/28
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Site
[CCS] Australia, Victoria, Commonwealth Block, Melbourne
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Exhibition Collection Management
25 mm (Length), 53 mm (Width), 85 mm (Height)
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