Bulbous Cup on Stem (Wine glass)

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Bulbous Cup on Stem (Wine glass)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th-5th century CE

DimensionsH: 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm); Rim Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.856

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few pinprick bubbles, horizontally elongated near rim. Transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2). Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm. Cords below rim. Rim rounded and thickened in flame. Bulbous walls with greatest diameter at rim. Hollow tubular stem; high concave foot with broad hollow pushed-in base ring. CLASSIFICATION Isings 1957, Form 111 (dated too early)

Comparative ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 105, no. 382 (a close parallel dated "Probably first half 5th century A.D.").