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Object NameHandle
Made FromGlass
Date1-99
Techniqueblown, ground, applied
SizeWall H: 4.2 cm; Handle W: 2.3 cm
Accession Number95.1.21
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
Roman Empire
Physical DescriptionTransparent deep blue glass; blown, rim cracked off and ground, handle applied. Handle, with part of rim and wall. Rim plain, cracked off and ground; wall straight, splaying toward bottom; handle made by attaching trail to lower part of wall, pulling it up to rim and tooling it flat, then drawing it horizontally outward, folding it downward and inward, and pinching it to make flat, semicircular thumb-rest; then drawing trail downward, first away from wall, then toward it, and finally away again before folding it inward and upward and attaching it to wall; folded glass then pinched to make flat, downward-pointing triangular finger-rest.
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