beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made FromGlass
Date300-399
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Rhineland
TechniqueMold-blown, ground, wheel-cut, abraded
SizeOverall H: 9 cm, Th: 0.2 cm; Rim Diam: 9.6 cm
Accession Number73.1.19
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent green glass with yellowish tint and pale purple streak near base, bubbly; blown in dip mold, rim cracked off and ground, wheel-cut, abraded. Rim bulges slightly, cracked off and ground; wall curves downward and in at bottom; flat, narrow base; no pontil mark; wheel-cut and abraded decoration; below rim, twenty-eight short abraded lines which slant downward from right to left; on upper two-thirds of wall, horizontal band of seven lozenges defined by two abraded continuous zigzags, each with two sets of parallel lines, wheel-cut vertical oval depression at center of each lozenge, and wheel-cut horizontal oval depression in each triangular area between lozenges; short, very lightly abraded line extends downward from most, but not all, horizontal depressions; on lower part of wall, horizontal band of twenty-two wheel-cut vertical depressions with two abraded continuous lines above and below.Provenance
Source
Venator KG
- 1973-09-18
