Carinated Beaker on Base Ring

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Carinated Beaker on Base Ring

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date1st-2nd century CE

DimensionsH: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm); Body Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.845

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DescriptionThis beaker is made of medium thin glass with concentrations of small vertically elongated bubbles. The glass is transparent grayish-green (5 G 5/2). It was free-blown and wheel-cut. There is no pontil mark. The rim is ground and shows a slight bulge above a constriction. The straight sides widen toward a carination at the center of the body and then taper downward to a flat base with a solid interior knob. The decoration consists of three bands of horizontal wheel-cut incisions. This form corresponds to Isings 1957, Form 34.

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.").