beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromGlass

Date1-199

Techniqueblown, trailed

SizeOverall H: 10.8 cm, Diam: 8.6 cm

Accession Number65.1.36

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

VENINI - Glass and Design in a World Perspective

Place Made

Roman Empire; possibly Eastern Mediterranean

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.
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