Conical Beaker on Base Ring
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
DescriptionThis conical beaker on a base ring (Isings 1957, Form 34) is made of medium thin, good quality glass with a few small vertically elongated bubbles. It is transparent pale green (10 G 6/2). The beaker was free-blown and cut, with no pontil mark visible. The rim is ground and has a slight bulge above the constriction. The slightly convex sides taper down to a flat base with a solid raised interior knob. Two bands of shallow horizontal wheel-cut incisions encircle the body: one approximately 2.3 cm below the rim and the second about 8.3 cm below the rim.
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).
Probably mid-1st century, about 40-70
Mid- to second half of first century
4th-5th century CE (?)
1st-2nd century CE
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