This is the Mamluk Glass Oil Lamp from Cairo, Egypt in 1329 to 35 CE. This oil lamp is made up of blown glass, polychrome, enamel, and gold. The oil lamp has a height of 14 inches and a diameter of 9 3/8 inches. These oil lamps were commissioned in large numbers for many mosques built in Cairo by the Mamulk Sultans and their Amirs. The lamp has a verse from the Quer’an comparing Gods light with that of a oil lamp that doesn’t need fire to stay bright. These were suspending from the ceilings in groups hanging from a circular metal frame.

This is the canteen with Christian and Islamic Motifs from the mid thirteenth century in Syria. The canteen is made of brass and has a diameter of 14 1/2 inches. Madonna and her child is centered in the middle of the canteen on a throne. The canteen only ways about 11 pounds when it is empty but when water is added it can be up to 66 pounds. In the middle of the band there is an inscription but it is illegible. The images are also flattened and elongated to conform to the shape of the canteen.