Carinated Beaker on Base Ring

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Carinated Beaker on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

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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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Concentrations of small vertically elongated bubbles. Transparent grayish-green (5 G 5/2). Free-blown. No pontil mark. Cut. Ground rim with slight bulge above constriction. Straight sides widening toward carination at center of body and tapering downward to base. Flat base with solid interior knob. Three 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.").