beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made FromGlass
Date300-399
Place MadeRoman Empire
TechniqueBlown, ground, cut, polished
SizeOverall H: 10.3 cm, Diam: 11 cm
Accession Number54.1.119
Credit LineGift of I. C. Elston, Jr.
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent very pale greenish yellow glass; blown (probably mold-blown), rim cracked off and ground, cut, ground, polished. Conical shape; rim slightly outsplayed, with ground lip; wall tapers, then curves in at bottom, narrow base; wall with wheel-cut decoration of continuous horizontal lines and bands of polished facets: (from top to bottom) 1.8 cm below lip, two parallel lines, very lightly incised; band of 32 vertical pointed-oval facets; similar band of 32 pointed-oval facets, each one slightly offset from facet above it; two rather uneven, roughly parallel lines; band of ten broad oval facets, each with height slightly greater than width; two rather uneven, roughly parallel lines, each more than 0.1 cm wide; base with, at center, single circular facet (diam:2.2 cm).Provenance
Source
I. C. Elston Jr.
- 1954-09-07
