Carinated Beaker on Base Ring

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Carinated Beaker on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st-2nd century

DimensionsH: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm); Rim Diam: 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm); Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Base Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled, wheel cut.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.446

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DescriptionThis free-blown beaker is made from translucent to transparent manganese-colored very dark red glass (near 5 R 2/6). The glass is of medium thinness and contains small bubbles. The vessel has straight walls that taper slightly downward toward the center, which is emphasized by a wide, open cut-out collar. Below this collar, the body narrows sharply to a pushed-in, hollow tubular base ring. The concave base, likely domed, lacks a pontil mark. The rim has been ground, and the upper body is decorated with three horizontal wheel-cut lines.