Carinated Beaker on Base Ring

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Carinated Beaker on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

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

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DescriptionThin glass. A few small bubbles. Transparent pale green (10 G 6/2). Free-blown. No pontil mark. Cut. Ground rim with slight bulge above constriction below. Straight sides widening toward carination at center of body and tapering down to base. Flat base; interior knob collapsed. 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.").