Palm Cup

Place of OriginReportedly found in Germany, Frankish Kingdom

Date7th century CE

DimensionsH: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); Rim Diam: 3 7/32 in. (8.2 cm)

MediumBlown and tooled glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Dr. Richard H. Edmondson

Object number

1983.86

Not on View

DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small spherical bubbles in body. Black specks. Blowing spirals. Transparent olive brown (not in rock color chart). Body blown into a one-part patterned mold and expanded. Distinct? Pontil mark difficult to measure because of mold-blown decoration. Rim rounded and thickened in flame. Straight-sided body tapering toward base. Round base (vessel cannot stand). On body, ten mold-blown ribs from ca. 2.0 cm below rim onto base. Five small round knobs on base form a quincunx pattern.

Published ReferencesLuckner, Kurt T., Decorative Arts Soc Newsletter, 1982, p. 11 repr.

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 Vanderhoeven, M., Verres romains tardifs et Merovingiens du Musée Curtius, Liege, 1958, esp. p. 65, no. 69.