Carinated Beaker on Base Ring

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Carinated Beaker on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st-2nd century CE

DimensionsH: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm); Rim Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm); Body Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.4 cm); Base Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.843

Not on View

DescriptionMedium thin glass with visible blowing spirals and pinprick bubbles. Transparent grayish-green (10 GY 5/2). Free-blown and cut. No pontil mark. The rim is ground with a slight bulge above a constriction. The straight sides widen toward a carination just below the center and taper from there down to the base. The base appears unfinished compared to others in this group. The body is decorated with three bands of horizontal wheel-cut incisions. This vessel relates closely to other examples published by Hayes (1975, no. 136).

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-early 2nd century A.D.").