Inverted Conical Cup on Stem (Wine glass)

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Inverted Conical Cup on Stem (Wine glass)

Place of OriginRoman Empire

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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DescriptionThis inverted conical cup on a short stem, often described as a wine glass, is made of medium thin glass with pinprick and small bubbles. The glass body is colorless with a pale green tinge (10 G 6/2) and features decoration in a darker translucent moderate blue-green thread (5 BG 4/6). The cup is free-blown with a visible pontil mark about 1.2 cm wide and added thread decoration. The flaring rim is rounded in the flame. The inverted conical body tapers to the base and is joined to a solid beaded stem with a slightly concave circular foot. Decorative elements include an applied coil on the outer edge of the rim and another coil about 1.5 cm below the rim, with three revolutions of thin thread placed between them.

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).