Goblet-Shaped Vessel on Stem (Wine glass)

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Goblet-Shaped Vessel on Stem (Wine glass)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th-5th century CE

DimensionsH: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.8 cm); Body Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm); Base Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1326

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DescriptionMedium thick glass. Numerous pinprick bubbles. Blowing spirals. Transparent pale green (near 5 G 7/2). Translucent dark blue thread. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm. Added thread. Rim topped with thread and rounded in flame. U-shaped body with convex sides and 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 where it forms a small convex bulb halfway up the stem. Thick thread along top of rim. Thread applied in nine section zigzag on lower half of body, bordered at top by thick horizontal thread and, on one half of cup, a thin horizontal thread.