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Translucent pale blue green.
Flaring rim, with uneven, cracked-off edge; side expands downwards to prominent hollow bulge, forming carination, then slants inwards; low, solid ring base; low kick in bottom.
Single trail wound unevenly 1½ times around top of body.
Intact; pinprick and large bubbles; pitting, dulling, iridescence, and patches of creamy brown weathering.
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Title: Glass beaker
Period: Late Imperial
Date: 3rd–4th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
Dimensions:
Height: 4 1/16 in. (10.4 cm)
Diameter: 3 × 2 1/2 × 1 13/16 in. (7.6 × 6.4 × 4.5 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
Object Number: 81.10.282
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