Conical Beaker on Base Ring

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Conical Beaker on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st-2nd century CE

DimensionsH: 5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm); Rim Diam: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, tooled, and wheel cut.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.836

Not on View

DescriptionMedium thin glass. Good quality. A few small vertically elongated bubbles. Transparent pale green (10 G 6/2). Free-blown. No pontil mark. Cut. Ground rim with slight bulge above constriction. Slightly convex sides tapering down to base. Flat base with solid raised interior knob. Two bands of shallow horizontal wheel-cut incisions, the first ca. 2.3 cm below rim and the second one ca. 8.3 cm below rim. CLASSIFICATION Isings 1957, form 34

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 56, no. 133 (A close parallel dated "second half of 1st century A. D.") but accession no. erroneously quoted as 1923.0838.

Puma, Richard Daniel de, Art In Roman Life: Villa to Grave, Rome, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2009, p. 92.

Exhibition HistoryCedar Rapids Museum of Art, Art in Roman Life: Villa to Grave, September 2003-August 2005 (no catalog).