Conical Cup with One Handle on Base Ring (Modiolus)

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Conical Cup with One Handle on Base Ring (Modiolus)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Rim Diam: 5 3/16 in. (13.1 cm); Body Diam: 4 5/16 in. (11.0 cm); Base Diam: 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.947

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DescriptionTransparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Traces of what may be pontil mark ca. 1.8 cm. Excess glass at tip of handle folded backward on top of handle. Wheel-cut. Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Flaring rim, rounded and slightly thickened in flame. Double cutout collar projecting externally and internally accentuates junction with walls. Cylindrical walls with slight downward taper. Concave base with thickened center and hollow pushed-in tubular base ring. Flat wide ring handle on body from midpoint of body to halfway between handle attachment and collar. Below handle, six bands of wheel-cut incisions. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 37b.

Published ReferencesHaevernick, Thea Elisabeth, Modioli, 1978, no. 67 (fig. 3 h).

Hayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 67, no. 203 (A close parallel dated "Late 1st century-early 2nd century A.D.").

Grose, David, "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 20, no. 3, 1978, p. 78, fig. 16 (repr).