U-Shaped Beaker on Foot

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U-Shaped Beaker on Foot

Place of OriginRome

Date3rd century CE

DimensionsH: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm); Rim Diam: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm); Base Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1324

Not on View

DescriptionMedium thin glass with pinprick and small irregularly shaped bubbles. Transparent natural pale green tinted (10 G 6/2). Similarly colored thread. Free-blown. Pontil mark about 1.7 cm in diameter. Applied thread. Tooled. Everted rim, rounded and thickened in flame. Tall u-shaped body with sides tapering to a point. Blown base with flaring sides and edge rounded in flame. Below rim, a thin coil. On body, two zigzag coils of glass pinched to form seven large ovals. Rim coil and zigzag can be felt as bulges on the interior.

Published References"Ancient and Near Eastern Glass" in Toledo Museum of Art News, vol. 4, no. 2, (n.p.).