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Flaring, rounded rim; bell-shaped body, with side descending in a concave curve to carination near base, then sloping in acutely to small bottom with shallow kick.
Intact; many pinprick and some large bubbles, and blowing striations; heavily pitted, and patches of creamy iridescent weathering on exterior, thick, hardened soil encrustation and brownish weathering on interior.
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Title: Glass bell beaker
Period: Medieval
Date: 7th–early 8th century CE
Culture: Frankish
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions: H.: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Object Number: 91.1.1322
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