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beaker
beaker

beaker

Object NameBell Beaker (Sturzbecher)
Made FromGlass
Date375-500
Place MadeRoman Empire
TechniqueBlown, applied
SizeOverall H: 8.5 cm; Rim Diam: 6.9 cm
Accession Number60.1.12
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Book and the Spade
East Side Winter Antiques Show
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionBell Beaker (Sturzbecher). Almost colorless, with faint brownish green tinge; seed and bubbles. Blown; applied. Bell beaker with carination near bottom. Rim outsplayed, with rounded lip; wall descends in smooth curve, tapering, then splaying out to rounded carination, below which it curves in toward base plain, narrow base with slight concavity; circular pontil mark. Single narrow trail wound in one horizontal revolution around upper part of body.
Provenance
Source Royal Athena Gallery - 1960-12-08
Source Hans Schulman - 1960-12-08

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