beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromGlass

Dateprobably 175-299

Place MadeRoman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

Techniqueblown, applied

SizeOverall H: 11.9 cm, Diam 11 cm

Accession Number59.1.146

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg

Glass from the Ancient World

East Side Winter Antiques Show

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with yellowish green tint; blown, applied. Beaker. Rim outsplayed, with rounded lip; wall tapers and curves in at bottom; foot conical and hollow; pontil mark consists of faint irregular scar. Applied decoration at bottom of rim and on wall: at bottom of rim, continuous horizontal trail; on wall, continuous band of eight oval to diamond-shaped motifs which are either contiguous or joined by short curving trail; projecting from top and bottom of each oval, short, vertical strip made by pinching and prolonging sides of oval, which terminates in circular loop; loops in upper row are relatively large and are flattened at outer edges, those in lower row are smaller and project from wall.
Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27