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beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromGlass

Date1000-1199

TechniqueBlown, applied

SizeOverall H: 10.4 cm; Rim Diam: 5.4 cm

Accession Number56.1.111

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Wine: Celebration and Ceremony

A Cup of Kindness

Fire and Vine: The Story of Glass and Wine

Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting

Place Made

probably Syria

Physical DescriptionTransparent yellowish brown glass with many bubbles and small stones, opaque white glass; blown, applied. Beaker: conical. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall straight and tapering, with tubular horizontal rib 3.5 cm below lip; foot is shallow cone made by folding, with rounded edge and center pushed in to fill narrow aperture at bottom of wall; pontil mark circular (D. 0.8 cm) with scale at center. Applied decoration on upper and lower wall: (1) narrow white trail wound nearly seven times around top of wall, between lip and 1 cm below it; (2) yellowish brown trail wound once around lower wall, 2.7 cm above edge of foot.
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