cup
Object NameCup with Two Handles
Made FromGlass
Date50-100
Place MadeRoman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean; Italy
Techniqueblown, applied
SizeOverall H: 7 cm, W: 12.9; Rim Diam: 8.6 cm
Accession Number59.1.71
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent light blue, with few bubbles; blown; rim finished at glory hole; handles and foot ring applied. Rim thickened on outside, with rounded lip; wall straight, splaying slightly and bulging before curving in sharply at bottom; base flat, with applied foot ring, apparently fire-polished; no pontil mark. Handles dropped on to outside of rim, drawn horizontally outward, folded downward and inward, and pinched to make flat thumb-rest; then drawn downward and inward, and pinched to make flat thumb-rest; then drawn downward, first away from wall, then toward it, and finally away again before being folded inward and upward and attached to wall; excess glass drawn upward over outer surface; folded glass then pinched to make flat finger-rest.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
