Beaker with Flaring Sides
Beaker with Flaring Sides
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date4th-5th century
DimensionsH: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); Rim Diam: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm); Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, tooled and wheel cut.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.420
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2).
Free-blown. Cut.
Rim lightly ground. Flaring sides. Flat base with central domed kick.
Two groups of horizontal wheel-cut grooves: a broad groove bordered by two narrow grooves ca. 1.5 cm below rim and a single groove below center of body.
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