Stemmed Lamp

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

DescriptionThin glass. Small spherical and vertically elongated bubbles. Transparent natural grayish green (near 10 GY 5/2). Transparent natural grayish green (near 10 GY 5/2). Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.0 cm. Tool marks at junction of stem and upper body. Everted rim, rounded in flame. Bowl-shaped upper body with greatest diameter below rim; walls of upper body curve strongly into narrow, slightly convex hollow stem.

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