Stemmed Lamp
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Stemmed Lamp
Place of OriginRoman Empire
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
DescriptionThis small lamp is made of thin, transparent natural glass in a grayish-green hue (near 10 GY 5/2). It was shaped by free-blowing and tooling. Small spherical and vertically elongated bubbles are visible within the glass. The rim is everted and rounded in the flame. The upper body is bowl-shaped, with its widest diameter just below the rim; the walls curve strongly inward into a narrow, slightly convex hollow stem. A pontil mark about 1.0 cm wide and tool marks at the junction of the stem and body are present.
3rd century CE (?)
5th-7th century CE
Probably first half of 6th century
Probably 2nd century
Late 19th century
mid-4th to mid-5th century
1st-2nd century CE
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