Oval Object on Base Ring
Date: 3rd-4th Century
Dimensions:
H: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); Rim Diam: 3/8 in. (0.9 cm); Body Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
Medium: Glass; free blown and tooled
Place of Origin: Ancient Rome
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.1237
DescriptionThick glass with numerous small spherical bubbles.
Transparent to translucent dark natural green (5 G 5/2).
Free-blown. Circular wad of glass on base, ca. 1.5 cm.
Rim rounded in flame. Oval body, high pushed-in base with hollow base ring.
Transparent to translucent dark natural green (5 G 5/2).
Free-blown. Circular wad of glass on base, ca. 1.5 cm.
Rim rounded in flame. Oval body, high pushed-in base with hollow base ring.
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