beaker
Object NameKnobbed or Lotus-Bud Beaker
Made FromGlass
Date1-125
Place MadeRoman Empire
TechniqueMold-blown, ground
SizeOverall H: 12.8 cm, Diam (max): 6.3 cm
Accession Number59.1.80
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith
Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome
Glass from the Ancient World
Treasures in Glass
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent light amber, with few small bubbles; mold-blown (three-part mold with separate base plate); rim cracked off and ground. Beaker: truncated conical. Rim very slightly everted, cracked off and ground; wall straight, tapering from top to bottom; base flat; mold seams plainly visible. Mold-blown decoration: on wall, five horizontal rows of eight oval bosses ("lotus buds"), arranged in quincunx, each boss is rounded at top and pointed at bottom and has cross-section that rises in three "steps" from edge to center, bosses at top of wall are larger and less sharply-molded than those at bottom; on base, raised dot at center, with raised concentric ring.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
