Palm Cup

Place of OriginFrankish Kingdom, reported to have been found near Bingen, Germany

Date6th - 7th century CE

DimensionsH: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Diam: 4 3/8 in. (11 cm)

MediumBlown and tooled green glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1977.11

Not on View

DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small and medium-sized spherical and ovoid bubbles. Black specks. Blowing spirals. Transparent natural grayish green (5 G 5/2). Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.0 cm. Rim folded outward, downward,and inward against outside of vessel. Ovoid body. Round base (vessel cannot stand).

Published ReferencesGrose, David, "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art News, vol. 20, no. 3, 1978, p. 89, repr. fig. 32.

"Recent important acquisitions," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 20, 1978, repr. p. 121.

Effros, Bonnie, "Art of the 'Dark Ages': Showing Merovingian Artifacts in North American Public and Private Collections," Journal of the History of Collections, vol. 17, no. 1, 2005, p. 110, no. 100.

Comparative ReferencesSee also D. B. Harden; "Ancient Glass II: Post-Roman," Archaeological Journal; CXXV, 1968; pp. 89-92. cf. D. B. Harden; "Glass Vessels in Britain and Ireland, AD 400-1000," in Dark Age Studies Presented to E. T. Leeds; London, 1956; p. 138, fig. 25, pp. 142 ff. cf. M. Vanderhoeven; Venes romains tardifs et Mérovingiens du Musée Curtius; Liege, 1958; esp. pp. 65 ff.