Bag-Shaped Beaker on Foot
Bag-Shaped Beaker on Foot
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date4th-5th century CE
DimensionsH: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm); Rim Diam: 2 5/16 in. (6.0 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.849
Not on View
DescriptionThis bag-shaped beaker on foot is made of medium thin glass with a few small bubbles elongated in the direction of the blowing spirals. The glass is transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2) with a similarly colored applied thread. The vessel is free-blown with a pontil mark approximately 0.95 cm wide. The everted rim is rounded and thickened in the flame. The tall bag-shaped body sits on a wound base coil pinched flat to resemble a true base ring, with a crisscrossing imprint of tool marks visible on both the exterior and interior surfaces. A thin thread is applied around the neck, spiraling from left to right about 1.5 cm below the rim, with a melted irregular buckle at the point of attachment.
3rd century CE
3rd-4th century CE
6th to early 7th century
Probably mid-5th to mid-6th century
3rd-4th century CE
3rd century CE
3rd to 4th century CE
4th-5th century CE
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