Narrow Conical Beaker on Base Ring

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Narrow Conical Beaker on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th-5th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Rim Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.853

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DescriptionThin light glass. Good quality. A few pinprick bubbles. Transparent manganese tinted pale red (5 R 6/2). Similarly colored thread. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm. Added thread. Rim rounded and slightly thickened in flame. Cylindrical body with straight sides. Pad base with flat underside and low solid knob on interior. A single revolution of very thin thread ca. 2.8 cm below rim, from left to right. CLASSIFICATION: Barag 1970, beakers type 4 through 7 (slender variation with flat base).