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

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.