goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromGlass

Date300-499

Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Eastern Roman Empire

TechniqueBlown, applied, tooled

SizeOverall H: 15.2 cm; Rim Diam: 9.3 cm

Accession Number68.1.77

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

On ViewAncient Gallery

Physical DescriptionTransparent very pale amber glass with seed and dark inclusions; stem and foot: similar but with amethyst streamer; blown; stem and foot applied, decoration tooled. Conical shape cup; plain rounded rim, straight tapering side which curves in at bottom; tooled decoration on lower part of cup consists of band of four upright festoons, all raised on interior surface, the lower ends projecting outward (see remarks); stem and foot made from separate gather; thick stem tooled to form short truncated conical section above two solid bulbs; shallow outsplayed foot, hollowed at center, with plain rounded edge; pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1968