Truncated Conical Beaker with Pronounced Shoulder
Truncated Conical Beaker with Pronounced Shoulder
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
DateMid- to second half of first century
DimensionsH: 3 13/16 in. (9.72 cm); Max Diam: 2 11/16 in. (6.85 cm); Diam rim: 2 5/16 in. (5.85 cm); Diam base: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Thickness rim: 1/16 in. (0.1 cm)
MediumMedium thin glass; mold-blown.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.913
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent to translucent dusky yellow green (near 5 GY 5/2, but more yellow). Numerous small spherical and vertically elongated bubbles.
Body blown into a three-part mold with two vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section (MCT VII).
Rim unworked with narrow bulge below. Pronounced shoulder. Truncated conical body. Flat base with four raised circles.
On body, a row of hanging triangles above seven alternating rows of twenty diamond-shaped bosses.
Transparent to translucent dusky yellow green (near 5 GY 5/2, but more yellow).
Body blown into a three-part mold with two vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section (MCT VII).
Rim unworked with narrow bulge below. Pronounced shoulder. Truncated conical body. Flat base with four raised circles.
On body, a row of hanging triangles above seven alternating rows of twenty diamond-shaped bosses.
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. 12, pp. 110-111.
Second half of first century CE
Mid- to second half of first century
Mid- to second half of first century
Probably 3rd Century CE
Mid- to second half of first century
Second half of the first century CE
First half of first century
Probably third century
Probably first half of first century
Second half of the first century CE
Second half of the first century CE
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