Conical Beaker

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Conical Beaker

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 3 15/16 in. (16.1 cm); Rim Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm); Base Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.827

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few pinprick bubbles. Transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2). Similarly colored thread. Body blown into a one-part cylindrical ribbed and grooved mold, then reblown. Pontil mark ca. 1.3 cm. Added thread. Everted rim, rounded and thickened in flame. Straight-walled body with sides broadening toward base. Base flattened with depression in center. On body, indistinct narrow vertical corrugations (too indistinct to be counted). Applied thread ca. 2.1 cm below rim.