Goblet-Shaped Vessel on Stem (Wine glass)

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date4th-5th century CE

DimensionsH: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm); Rim Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Body Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Base Diam: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1325

Not on View

DescriptionMedium thick glass with numerous pinprick bubbles and blowing spirals. Transparent pale green (near 5 G 7/2). Translucent dark blue threads. Free-blown. Pontil mark about 1.3 cm. Added thread. Rim topped with thread and rounded in flame. U-shaped body with convex sides and a short hollow tubular stem. High pushed-in base with hollow tubular base ring; the center of the base is pushed up through the stem into the bottom of the cup, forming a small concave bulb. A thick thread runs along the top of the rim. Thread applied in a seven-section zigzag on the lower half of the body.

Published ReferencesPuma, Richard Daniel de, Art In Roman Life: Villa to Grave, Rome, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2009, p. 94, no. 98, repr. (col.) p. 94, fig. 51.