Cylindrical Beaker

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Cylindrical Beaker

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, probably Syro-Palestinian

DateFirst century

DimensionsH: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm); Rim Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Body Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.443

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Transparent decolorized or natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Upper part of body free blown. Lower part of body blown into a three-part mold with two vertical sections joined to a cup-shaped base section (MCT V). The horizontal junction is between the ribs and the lozenge pattern. Relief indistinct. Rim rounded and thickened in flame. Cylindrical body. Convex bottom. Base flattened. On lower part of body, a band of contiguous lozenges or X's in raised outline. Around bottom, thirty-nine narrow ribs. On underside of base, three raised circles surrounding a central dot. Transparent decolorized or natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Upper part of body free blown. Lower part of body blown into a three-part mold with two vertical sections joined to a cup-shaped base section (MCT V). The horizontal junction is between the ribs and the lozenge pattern. Relief indistinct. Rim rounded and thickened in flame. Cylindrical body. Convex bottom. Base flattened. On lower part of body, a band of contiguous lozenges or XÕs in raised outline. Around bottom, thirty-nine narrow ribs. On underside of base, three raised circles surrounding a central dot.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-Blown Glass: The First Through Sixth Centuries, Rome, Italy, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1995, cat. no. 7, p. 103.