Beaker Modified for Use as Lamp

Object Name: 
Beaker Modified for Use as Lamp

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Object Name: 
Beaker Modified for Use as Lamp
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
55.1.8
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.3 cm, Diam: 11 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
300-499
Primary Description: 
Translucent dark blue bubbly glass; mold-blown, rim reworked. Conical with rounded base; plain rim, re-heated and flattened; body blown into six-piece mold, then inflated further; ornament consists of zone of vertical ribs above irregular honeycomb pattern; below rim, three equidistant wheel-cut perforations, secondary but apparently ancient, to facilitate suspension. When published first (in 1957) vessel was associated with copper or copper alloy hook and chains for suspension, latter consisted of hook attached to element with one vertical and three horizontal members; chain, 13-16 cm long, attached to each horizontal member; at chain ends, final links open to form hooks for attachment to body.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1955-04-19
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
dark blue
Technique: 
mold-blowing
hot-working
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (2)

Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Venue(s)
Musee de Mariemont 1954 through 1954
 

Publications (5)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Two (2001) illustrated, pp. 606-607, pl. 606; BIB# 58895
A Distinctive Group of Late Roman Glass Vessels (1997) p. 375, pl. 4, ill.; p. 368 ff.; BIB# 112248
Treasures in Glass (1966) illustrated, pp. 22-23, #21; BIB# 28036
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) illustrated, pp. 210-211, #420; BIB# 27315
Catalogue des Verres Antiques de la Collection Ray Winfield Smith (1954) illustrated, p. 34, #186, pl. XVIII; BIB# 28196