Stemmed Lamp
Stemmed Lamp
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Datepossibly 3rd Century
DimensionsH: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Rim Diam: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.870
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. Small spherical and vertically elongated bubbles.
Transparent natural grayish green (near 10 GY 5/2).
Transparent natural grayish green (near 10 GY 5/2).
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.0 cm. Tool marks at junction of stem and upper body.
Everted rim, rounded in flame. Bowl-shaped upper body with greatest diameter below rim; walls of upper body curve strongly into narrow, slightly convex hollow stem.
3rd century CE (?)
5th-7th century CE
Probably fourth century
Probably first half of sixth century
Second half of fourth century
3rd-4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Sixth to early seventh century
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
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