Glass cup with indented sides
Colorless with pale greenish tinge.
Uneven, knocked-off rim; slightly bulging collar below rim; vertical sides, rounded at base; almost flat bottom.
One horizontal wheel-cut groove on collar; twelve vertical indents in sides.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; slight pitting, but most of surfaces covered with creamy, enamel-like weathering with brilliant iridescence.
Uneven, knocked-off rim; slightly bulging collar below rim; vertical sides, rounded at base; almost flat bottom.
One horizontal wheel-cut groove on collar; twelve vertical indents in sides.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; slight pitting, but most of surfaces covered with creamy, enamel-like weathering with brilliant iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass cup with indented sides
- Period: Imperial
- Date: 1st–2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and cut
- Dimensions: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Diameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.221
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Italian
Possibly French
1499–1514
Manufactory Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg
ca. 1775
Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory
Decorator Attributed to Charles-Louis Méreaud
1764
American
1830–45
1825–60
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