Carinated Beaker on Foot

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Carinated Beaker on Foot

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date2nd-3rd Century CE

DimensionsH: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm); Rim Diam: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)

MediumGlass; body blown into a vertically ribbed and grooved mold, twisted and reblown. Foot blown separately.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.560

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DescriptionThin glass. Small bubbles elongated diagonally parallel to corrugation. Transparent decolored glass with a grayish yellow green tinge (5 GY 7/2). Similarly colored thread. Pontil mark ca. 0.8 cm. Added thread. Flaring rim, rounded and thickened in flame. Carinated body with concave sides. Below carination sides taper to narrow junction with foot. Blown base with flaring sides, edge rounded and thickened in flame. On body, expanded mold-blown corrugations curving from top left to bottom right. Thread ca. 1.6 cm below rim at top of corrugations. Transparent decolored glass with a grayish yellow green tinge (5 GY 7/2). Similarly colored thread. Body blown into a vertically ribbed and grooved mold, twisted and reblown. Foot blown separately. Pontil mark ca. 0.8 cm. Added thread. Flaring rim, rounded and thickened in flame. Carinated body with concave sides. Below carination sides taper to narrow junction with foot. Blown base with flaring sides, edge rounded and thickened in flame. On body, expanded mold-blown corrugations curving from top left to bottom right. Thread ca. 1.6 cm below rim at top of corrugations.