Frosted Glass Lamp Shade

Thirty-five colorless fragments of a glass lamp shade. Some fragments are frosted and have an etched leaf and swirl pattern. Possibly more than one lamp-shade is represented. 

The 23 frosted and engraved lamp shade fragments from context 229.5 resemble four lamp-shade glass from context 82 (SC 6A), three from 77 (SC 6A), two from 72 (SC 3A), two from 228.6 (SC 6A), and one from 118 (SC 64).

• Object number

  GV-513: 77, 72, 82, 118, 228.6, 229.5

• Decoration

  Engraved

• Color

  Colorless

• Animals/objects

  Lamp Shade

• Patterns

  Botanical

  Other

• Category

  Lighting

• Class

  Glass

• Functions

  Lamp

• Material

  Glass, Non-Lead

• Context

  Transect 3, SC 6A: Possible Buried A Horizon (9531.229.5)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Techniques

  Mouth Blown