Stemmed Lamp

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date3rd century CE (?)

DimensionsH: 4 1/8 in. (10.8 cm); Rim Diam: 3 3/16 in. (8.05 cm); Diam (body): 2 7/8 in. (7.4 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.871

Not on View

DescriptionThis delicate lamp is made of thin glass in a transparent yellow-green hue (between 5 GY 5/2 and 10 Y 5/4). It was shaped by free-blowing and tooling techniques. Small ovoid bubbles are visible in the body, while vertically elongated bubbles appear in the stem. The rim is everted and rounded in the flame, and it flares outward slightly. The bowl-shaped upper body has its greatest diameter just below the rim, with the walls curving strongly inward into a long, narrow cylindrical stem that ends in a rounded bottom. A pontil mark about 0.8 cm wide and tool marks at the junction of the stem and upper body can still be seen.