Beaker with Disc Base

Object Name: 
Beaker with Disc Base

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Object Name: 
Beaker with Disc Base
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
68.1.68
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.6 cm; Rim Diam (max): 6.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1-99
Credit Line: 
Gift of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Transparent blue glass; blown, ground, wheel-cut grooves. Tall slender body swelling gently from base; short slightly everted rim ground flat on top; disc base with thick solid knob on inside made by pressing flat a rather heavy gather of glass. Three horizontal grooves cut on body, central groove being 3 mm wide and upper and lower grooves being very narrow; underside of base ground flat.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1968
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Transparent blue
Technique: 
blown, ground, wheel-cut grooves
ground glass

Publications (7)

Extending Exhibits in the Museum Store (2003) p. 36; BIB# AI57824
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) p. 227, #384; p. 365, #384; BIB# 58895
Seasons Greetings from Sherry-Lehmann (1990/11) illustrated, p. 44; BIB# 90994
A Short History of Glass (1990 edition) (1990) illustrated, p. 24, #10; p. 23; BIB# 33211
Stained Glass: Jewels of Light (1988) illustrated, p. 22; BIB# 59584
A Short History of Glass (1980 edition) (1980) illustrated, p. 20, #10; BIB# 21161
Glass Drinking Vessels: From the Collections of Jerome Strauss and The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation: a Special Exhibition, 1955 (1955) p. 23, #38; BIB# 27783