Inverted Conical Beaker

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Inverted Conical Beaker

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date2nd-3rd century CE

DimensionsH: 3 5/16 in. (8.5 cm); Rim Diam: 4 in. (10.25 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, wheel cut

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.823

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DescriptionThis inverted conical beaker is made from transparent, decolored glass with a slight greenish olive tinge (5 Y 6/1). The thin glass contains a few pinprick and small bubbles, with blowing spirals still visible. The vessel was formed by free-blowing and cut with a wheel. It has an everted rim with convex sides and an irregular, unworked edge bent outward from about 0.5 cm below the rim. The sides taper straight down to a flat base with a slight central depression. The exterior is decorated with two bands of lightly inscribed horizontal wheel-cut grooves.