Conical Beaker
Conical Beaker
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th Century
DimensionsH: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
MediumGlass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.828
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Blowing spirals. Exact fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2).
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm.
Tall flaring rim, rounded and thickened in flame with tool mark on interior. Straight-walled body with sides broadening toward base. Base flattened with depression in center.
3rd to 4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Probably late third or fourth century
4th-6th century CE
Possibly fourth century
3rd-4th century CE
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth through end of fifth century
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