beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made FromGlass
Date1-199
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Eastern Mediterranean
Techniqueblown, trailed
SizeOverall H: 10.8 cm, Diam: 8.6 cm
Accession Number65.1.36
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
VENINI - Glass and Design in a World Perspective
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBeaker. Colorless with greenish tint; blown; ribs applied to parison, inflated further and twirled, tooled, trail applied below rim, rim finished at furnace. Beaker. Rim everted, with plain, rounded lip; wall tapers and curves in at bottom; aperture in floor; low, conical base, pushed in at center so that kick fills aperture in floor; circular pontil scar, 2.3 cm across. Decoration applied: on wall, fifteen ribs which swirl upward in counter-clockwise direction and are fairly prominent at bottom of wall but imperceptible at top of it; single horizontal trail wound once around top of wall.Provenance
Source
John F. Hotchkiss
