Conical Beaker on Base Ring

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Conical Beaker on Base Ring

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 4 3/8 in. (10.6 cm); Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown; wheel cut, and polished.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.838

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DescriptionThis conical beaker on a base ring (Isings 1957, Form 34) is made of medium thick, heavy glass of good quality, with a few small spherical bubbles. The glass is transparent dusky yellow (near 5 Y 6/4). The beaker is free-blown with no visible pontil mark, and its surface is wheel-cut and polished. The rim is ground, with a slight bulge above a constriction. The sides are slightly convex and taper down to a flat base with a solid raised interior knob. Decorative elements include three bands of paired shallow horizontal wheel-cut incisions: the top and bottom bands are plain, while the middle band is subdivided by a broad shallow wheel-cut groove.

Comparative ReferencesErroneously cited by Hayes 1975, 56 as a parallel to his no. 134 instead of 1923.0836.