Conical Lamp

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th century CE

DimensionsH: 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm); Diam: 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown, wheel cut, applied decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1220

Not on View

DescriptionMedium thin to medium thick glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Colorless, greenish-blue decoration; conical shape; on exterior, three horizontal wheel cut grooves: below rim, near top and towards bottom; in center, decoration of motifs formed of applied blue blobs: inverted triangles of six blobs, alternating with rectangles of five blobs; flat bottom. Transparent decolorized glass with a yellowish gray tinge (5 Y 7/2). Translucent dark royal blue blobs. Free-blown. No pontil mark. Added blobs. Wheel-cut. Ground rim, sloping outward. Conical body. Flattened base with slight depression. Around body, three deep wheel-cut grooves with semi-circular section: one below rim, one on upper body, and one on lower body. Around middle of body, six groups of blue blobs: three rectangles of five blobs alternating with three inverted triangles of six blobs.

Exhibition HistoryWorcester Art Museum; Cleveland Museum of Art; Baltimore Museum of Art, Antioch: the Lost Ancient City, 2000-2001.

The Dayton Art Institute, The Roman World: Religions and Everyday Life (featuring the Brooklyn Museum exhibition: Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire), September 21, 2007 - January 6, 2008 (no catalogue).

Toledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29,2010-January 8, 2012.