Inverted Conical Cup on Stem (Wine glass)

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Inverted Conical Cup on Stem (Wine glass)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.25 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, applied decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.855

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Pinprick and small bubbles. Colorless body with greenish tinge; darker greenish-blue decoration; conical body; two rings of applied decoration below rim; short rounded stem; circular foot. Transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2). Translucent moderate blue green thread (5 BG 4/6). Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm. Added thread. Flaring rim rounded in flame. Inverted conical body with sides tapering down to base. Solid beaded stem with slightly concave circular base. An added coil on outer edge of rim and ca. 1.5 cm below rim. Three revolutions of thin thread between the coils.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Hayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, fig. 407, p. 109 (beaker of similar shape, but undecorated).