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beaker

Object NameConical Beaker with Blue Blobs

Made FromGlass

Date300-399

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)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels Through the Centuries

Dig Deeper: Discovering an Ancient Glass Workshop

Place Made

Roman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

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).
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