Candlestick Unguentarium CS53

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Candlestick Unguentarium CS53

Place of OriginEgypt

DateLast quarter of 1st to mid-2nd century

DimensionsH: 6 9/16 in. (16.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, opaque white trailing marvered in.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1099

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DescriptionTransparent natural light olive (near 10 Y 5/4). Opaque white thread. Circular wad on base surrounded by round scar ca. 1.8 cm in diameter. Embedded thread. Medium thin glass. Vertical linear bubbles in neck. Hollow triangular rim, folded outward/downward and upward/inward. Tall slightly concave neck with minimum diameter below middle and tool mark with slight constriction at its base. Small conical body about one-fifth of total height. Concave base. Embedded spiral thread from center of base to rim melted into surface. CLASSIFICATION: Candlestick Class IA"2a.

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 137, no. 551 (A close parallel dated "First half(?) 2nd century A.D.")