Carinated Beaker on Base Ring

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Carinated Beaker on Base Ring

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date1st-2nd century CE

DimensionsH: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm0; Rim Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Body Diam: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); Base Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.846

Not on View

DescriptionThis carinated beaker is made of thin glass containing a few small bubbles. The glass is transparent pale green (10 G 6/2). It was free-blown and wheel-cut, with no pontil mark remaining. The rim is ground and has a slight bulge above a constriction below. The straight sides widen toward a carination at the center of the body and then taper downward to a flat base with a collapsed interior knob. The decoration consists of five bands of horizontal wheel-cut incisions.

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 57, no. 136. (A close parallel dated "Probably late 1st century-early 2nd century A.D.").