Inverted Conical Beaker on Base Ring
Inverted Conical Beaker on Base Ring
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Western Mediterranean, probably Italy
DateProbably mid-1st century, about 40-70
DimensionsH: 3 15/16 in. (10.05 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.1 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and cut
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1073
Not on View
DescriptionGood quality, medium thick glass without impurities. A few very small vertically elongated bubbles with no change of direction near rim.
Colorless; tapers toward bottom; on exterior, two cut grooves below rim; row of half circles, cut in relief; in center, row of lozenges in relief; circular base.
Transparent colorless with a slight yellowish gray tinge (5 Y 7/2).
Cut from a hollow, beaker-shaped blank that was probably blown, maximum depth of cutting 0.25 cm. The undecorated zone below the rim is ground away to a level slighty below the area with cut decoration which in turn is flush with the undecorated zone above the base.
Rim ground. Slightly convex sides with downward taper. Circular base with a projecting flat knob in center of underside and splayed base ring with flaring sides and wheel-cut edge.
Just below rim, two wheel-cut grooves. On body, a row of seven pelta-shaped ornaments, open at top, above and between a row of elongated ovals.
CLASSIFICATION Isings 1957, Form 21
Published ReferencesGrose, David, "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 20, no. 3, 1978, p. 84-85, fig. 22.
Saldern, Axel von, "Römische Hochschliffgläser," Jahrbüch Des Museums Für Kunst Und Gewerbe Hamburg, Bd. 4, 1985, p. 30, 31, Abb. 5.
Mid- to second half of first century
Probably mid-first century
Probably first half of first century
1st-2nd century CE
2nd-3rd century CE
Probably first quarter of first century
Mid- to second half of first century
4th-5th century CE
Late 3rd to mid-4th century CE
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