Conical Beaker

Artist Unidentified

Period Roman Empire (Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)

Place of Originpossibly from Hauran or Golan Heights

Date3rd-4th century CE

Dimensions2 9/16 × 4 5/8 × 1 13/16 in. (6.5 × 11.8 × 4.7 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1908.56

Not on View

DescriptionThis beaker is made of transparent pale green glass (10 G 6/2) and contains numerous pinprick and small spherical bubbles. Blowing spirals are visible on the surface. The glass is of medium-thin thickness. It was free-blown and tooled, with a pontil mark approximately 0.9 cm in diameter. A single thread of similarly colored glass is applied approximately 0.9 cm below the rim. The rim is everted, rounded, and thickened in a flame. The body has straight walls that broaden slightly toward the base, which is flat with a central depression.