Candlestick Unguentarium
Candlestick Unguentarium
Place of OriginEgypt
DateLast quarter of 1st to mid-2nd century
DimensionsH: 8 in. (20.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Body Diam: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1101
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural light olive (near 10 Y 5/4). Opaque white thread.
Circular scar on base ca. 1.6 cm. Embedded thread. Medium thin glass. Numerous small spherical bubbles in body and vertical linear bubbles in neck.
Wide hollow rim, folded outward, upward, and inward; sagged crooked during fabrication / annealing. Tall concave neck with minimum diameter at middle and tool mark with slight constriction at its base. Small conical body more than one-fifth of total height. Concave base.
Embedded spiral thread from center of base to rim, melted into surface.
CLASSIFICATION: Candlestick Class IA"2a.
Last quarter of 1st to mid-2nd century
Late 1st-4th century CE
1st century CE
Last Quarter of 1st to Mid-2nd Century
1st century CE (or modern?)
First half of third century
2nd-4th century CE
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