Hello Shawn,
As Ramon (benito) has noted, the
style of your
lamp is known as the "
volute type", i.e. these
lamps have a large discus and the nozzle is decorated with volutes either
side. The majority have no handles. The
style was introduced in
Italy around the last quarter of the 1st Century BC and was eventually imitated by workshops in many provinces. It remained popular into the first quarter of the 2nd Century AD.
The detailed classification of the
volute type by Siegfried
Loeschcke is that most generally accepted but the
type can be very broadly divided typologically into two sub-categories: those in which the nozzle is fluked or "angled" and those in which the nozzle is "rounded". The two sub-categories, respectively VA and VR, can be seen here on my website:
http://www.romulus2.com/lamps/lampcat/lampcat2.shtmlYour
lamp is roughly based on those found in the Balkans and dated to the second half of the 1st Century AD - but unfortunately I strongly suspect that your example is almost certainly a modern
fake made in
Bulgaria. Your image is not clear but the details,
fabric and so on do seem to support that conclusion. The
Bulgarian fakes are very convincing at first glance (and have occasionally fooled even high-end dealers and
auction houses) but they are normally quite easily spotted after some experience.
A small selection of the
Bulgarian fakes is shown here:
http://www.romulus2.com/lamps/fakes/fakes1.shtml#bulgarianvoluteAn
eagle with wings spread is a common motif on authentic
lamps of this
type and the
fakes often directly copy those motifs.