beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made FromGlass, with small bubbles
Date1-199
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Eastern Mediterranean
Techniqueblown, wheel-cut
SizeOverall H: 7.8 cm, Diam (max): 7.1 cm
Accession Number52.1.70
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBeaker. Transparent green, with small bubbles; blown; rim cracked off; decoration wheel-cut. Flaring rim, with uneven, cracked-off edge, smoothed by grinding; wall splays outward to greatest diameter, 4.5 cm below rim, and then tapers; flat disk base with prominent bulb on inside; no pontil mark. Wheel-cut decoration: at bottom of rim, one very light horizontal line, ends of which overlap; on upper part of wall, unpolished groove, 0.3 cm wide, above faint band of horizontal lines; on lower part of wall, faint horizontal line.Provenance
Source
Stack's Galleries
- 1952-04-29
Former Collection
Clara Sobernheim
(German, 1888-1963) - 1933-1952
Former Collection
Sobernheim
Former Collection
Moritz Sebastian Sobernheim
(German, 1872-1933)
Berlin, Germany, before 1933
Berlin, Germany, before 1933
