Tall Calyx-Shaped Beaker on Foot

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Tall Calyx-Shaped Beaker on Foot

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date4th-5th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.852

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DescriptionThis tall calyx-shaped beaker on foot is made of medium thin glass with visible blowing spirals, pinprick bubbles, and black specks. The glass is transparent grayish-green (10 GY 5/2) with a similarly colored applied thread. The vessel was free-blown and has a pontil mark approximately 1.3 cm wide. The rim is rounded and thickened in the flame. The body is calyx-shaped with slightly flaring sides, tapering to a high pushed-in domed base with a hollow tubular base ring. An added thread runs from left to right around the neck approximately 3.8 cm below the rim.

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 104, no. 379. (A close parallel dated "4th century A.D.").