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handle

Object NameHandle

Made FromGlass

Date1-99

Place MadeRoman Empire

Techniqueblown, applied

SizeHandle H: 3.2 cm, W: 2.1 cm

Accession Number95.1.22

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent light bluish green glass; blown, handle applied. Cup: handle, with fragment of rim and wall. Rim everted, with slightly thickened, rounded lip; wall curves outward to rounded carination, then inward and downward. Handle made by flattening end of gather and attaching it to outside of rim, drawing it horizontally outward, then downward and inward, and reattaching it to wall just below carinating; excess glass was drawn upward over most of handle, which was pinched to form horizontal thumb rest.
Provenance

Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01

Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01

Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)