beaker
Object NameConical Beaker with Blue Blobs
Made FromGlass
Date300-399
Place MadeRoman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean
TechniqueBlown, applied, wheel-cut
SizeOverall H: 13.3 cm; Rim Diam: 7.2 cm
Accession Number68.1.64
Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Dig Deeper: Discovering an Ancient Glass Workshop
Glass Drinking Vessels Through the Centuries
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless glass with pale green tint, semi-translucent deep blue blobs; blown (possibly in mold: see below), applied and wheel-cut. Plain rim ground flat; straight side tapering to very narrow base with slight indentation; no pontil mark. Two pairs of horizontal wheel-cut lines, one immediately below rim, the other 2.2 cm father down; below them, two diametrically opposed vertical oval blobs alternating with two very similar groups of six smaller vertical blobs in triangular formation (three above two above one).Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1968
