Beaker with Indentations on Base Ring

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Beaker with Indentations on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st-2nd century CE

DimensionsH: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm); Rim Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Base Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, tooled, and wheel cut

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.839

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small bubbles. Transparent natural light olive (10 Y 5/4). Free-blown. No pontil mark. Tooled. Cut. Everted rim with convex sides and unworked edge bent out from constriction below. Tall bulbous body with greatest diameter in center. Concave domed base with narrow pushed-in tubular base ring. Around exterior of rim, a wheel-cut incision. In body, six elongated oval indentations. CLASSIFICATION Isings 1957, Form 35

Published ReferencesGrose, David, "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 20, no. 3, 1978, p. 78, 82, repr. fig. 16.