cup
Object NameCup with Two Handles
Made FromGlass
Date1-99
Place MadeRoman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean
TechniqueBlown, applied, tooled
SizeOverall H: 5.9 cm, W (across handles): 11.6 cm; Rim Diam: 6.7 cm
Accession Number79.1.101
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent light bluish-green glass, bubbly with a little stone; blown, handles applied and tooled. Rim folded inward and downward; vertical, slightly bulging wall, bent sharply inward at bottom; two opposing handles, each made by attaching trail to lower part of wall, pulling it up to rim and tooling it flat, then bending it outward, downward and inward to form loop which then was tooled to form semi-circular thumb-rest, bowed side and triangular finger-rest all pinched flat; splayed tubular footring made by folding; underside of base flat; no pontil scar.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
