goblet
Object NameGoblet
Made FromGlass
Date100-299
Place MadeRoman Empire; Germany
TechniqueBlown, applied
SizeOverall H: 12.6 cm, Diam (max): 7.8 cm
Accession Number72.1.5
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless glass, with opaque white and opaque blue trails; blown, applied decoration. Conical shape beaker, rim plain, reworked; wall tapers, curving inward at bottom; short, applied cylindrical stem, foot almost flat, with tooled edges; pontil scar; decorated with two opaque white and two opaque blue serrated "snake thread" trails, each making an abstract curvilinear design, between two horizontal blue trails, one below rim and other shortly above bottom of wall.Provenance
Source
Wilhelm Henrich
- 1972-01