Conical Beaker on Foot
Conical Beaker on Foot
Place of OriginAncient Rome
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
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small spherical bubbles. Cords.
Transparent dusky-yellow (5 GY 5/2).
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.5 cm.
Everted rim, rounded in flame. Conical base with convex sides. High pushed-in domed base with 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.").
Probably fifth century
Sixth to early seventh century
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
3rd-4th century CE
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