Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
possibly Palestine
probably Syria
Accession Number: 
66.1.263
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.6 cm, Rim Diam: 6.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
300-399
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Beaker. Transparent light green glass; blown; rim everted, with rounded lip; broad base. On wall, irregular hair-thin trail just below top; near bottom, two irregular rows of pincered projections Pontil mark on bottom.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Sobernheim, Former Collection
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1966
Sobernheim, Clara (German, 1888-1963), Former Collection
1933
to
1952
Sobernheim, Moritz Sebastian (German, 1872-1933), Former Collection
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
transparency
light green
Technique: 
slip trailing
blown glass
Material: 
glass

Publications (2)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Two (2001) illustrated, p. 148, pl. 663; BIB# 58895
The Sobernheim Collection of Ancient Glass (1952-04-19) pl. VI, lot 81; BIB# 12935