cup
Object NameCup
Made FromGlass
Date1-99
Place MadeRoman Empire
Techniquemold-blown, ground
SizeOverall H: 8 cm, Diam (max): 7.4 cm
Accession Number79.1.106
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent very pale yellowish green; mold-blown (mold with two valves and separate base plate); rim cracked off and ground. Cup. Short vertical rim with rather uneven lip; very short convex shoulder; wall curves downward and inward; disk-like base, slightly concave underneath. Molded decoration: on wall, row of pendant triangles above seven horizontal rows of diamond-shaped bosses, arranged in quincunx; on base, circular depression at center. Two mold seams extend from rim to bottom of wall. In addition to seams, both valves show signs of damage in form of narrow ridges: (1) enclosing roughly triangular area extending down from rim on either side of one seam; (2) irregular ridge which extends around at least three-quarters of circumference on lower half of wall. Walls are unusually thin (less than 1 mm at rim).Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
