cup

Object NameCup with Two Handles

Made FromGlass

Date1-99

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)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

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.
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