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
Probably 3rd Century CE
First half of first century
Mid- to second half of first century
Probably first half of first century
Second half of the first century CE
Mid- to second half of first century
Probably third century
Probably mid-first century
Second half of the first century CE
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