Tall Calyx-Shaped Beaker on Foot
Tall Calyx-Shaped Beaker on Foot
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date4th-5th century CE
DimensionsH: 3 15/16 in. (10.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Base Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.850
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent pale green (near 5 G 7/2). Grayish blue-green thread (near 5 BG 5/2).
Medium thin glass. A few pinprick bubbles. Black specks. Cords in upper part of body.
Pontil mark ca. 1.0 cm with reamer mark underneath.
Rim rounded and thickened in flame. Inverted conical body. High pushed-in domed base with hollow tubular base ring.
On center of body, five revolutions of thin spiral thread.
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.").Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably second half of fourth to early fifth century
Probably fifth to early sixth century
6th-7th century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to late fifth century
3rd-6th century
3rd century CE
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