Conical Beaker on Foot

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Conical Beaker on Foot

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date4th-5th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm); Rim Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.851

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DescriptionThis conical beaker on foot is made of medium thin glass with visible cords and a few small spherical bubbles. The glass is transparent dusky-yellow (5 GY 5/2). The vessel was free-blown, with a pontil mark approximately 1.5 cm wide. The rim is everted and rounded in the flame. The body has convex sides that taper to a high pushed-in domed base with a wide hollow tubular base ring.

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 85, footnote 33. (A close parallel dated "Probably first half 5th century A.D.").