cup

Object NameCup

Made FromGlass

Date300-399

Place MadeRoman Empire; Rhineland

TechniqueBlown, applied (blobbed), cracked off, ground, wheel-cut

SizeOverall H: 5.7 cm; Rim Diam: 7.6 cm

Accession Number61.1.9

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

On ViewAncient Gallery

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless glass but with yellowish tint, translucent green and translucent yellowish brown; blown, applied (blobbed), cracked off and ground, wheel-cut. Hemispherical cup; rim out-turned, cracked off and ground; wall curves downward and inward to bottom; flat, narrow base; no evidence for presence or absence of pontil-mark. Decorated at mid-point of wall with horizontal row of eight more-or-less equally spaced circular to oval blobs with following arrangement, repeated (from right to left): small green blob is followed by larger green blob, small brown blob, and larger brown blob; larger brown blobs have flattened surface, others have convex surface; above blobs, horizontal band of four thin, parallel wheel-cut lines.
Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1961-03-17