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

DescriptionThis conical lamp is made of medium thin to medium thick transparent decolorized glass with a yellowish gray tinge (5 Y 7/2) and decorated with translucent dark royal blue blobs. It was free-blown with no pontil mark, then wheel-cut and decorated with applied blobs. The ground rim slopes outward above a conical body with a flattened base and slight depression. The exterior features three deep wheel-cut grooves with a semi-circular section: one below the rim, one near the top, and one near the bottom. Around the middle of the body are six groups of blue blobs arranged as 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.