Glass beaker
Colorless, with same color trail and foot ring.
Knocked-off rim; slightly bulging collar below rim; side tapering downward; applied coil foot ring; kick in bottom.
Thick trail wound six times in a spiral down body and tooled to form irregular lozenge or network pattern.
Intact, except for very chips and crack in rim; pinprick bubbles; dulling, severe pitting, iridescence, and creamy weathering.
Knocked-off rim; slightly bulging collar below rim; side tapering downward; applied coil foot ring; kick in bottom.
Thick trail wound six times in a spiral down body and tooled to form irregular lozenge or network pattern.
Intact, except for very chips and crack in rim; pinprick bubbles; dulling, severe pitting, iridescence, and creamy weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass beaker
- Period: Imperial
- Date: late 2nd–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown, trailed, and tooled
- Dimensions: H.: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Diam.: 2 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (6.4 x 2.9 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.178
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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