Cone Beaker

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Object Name: 
Cone Beaker
Place Made: 
possibly England
possibly Northern France
possibly Germany
Accession Number: 
66.1.247
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 23.2 cm; Rim Diam: 9.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
400–599
Web Description: 
This beaker was reportedly found at Acklam, Yorkshire, England, in 1892. Large conical beakers with pointed bottoms were likely passed hand to hand among multiple drinkers.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Arthur Churchill (Glass) Ltd., Source
1966-06-13
Category: 
Byzantine
Roman
Color: 
olive green
Technique: 
glassblowing
applied decoration
Material: 
glass

Description

Primary Description: 
Cone Beaker. Blown; applied. Rim outsplayed, with plain, rounded lip; wall tapers and curves in at bottom; base plain; pontil mark. Single narrow trail wound spirally about 35 times around upper wall; slightly wider trail applied to lower wall in continuous band of 11 tall, narrow loops, tops of which overlap bottom three to four revolutions of spiral trail.

Exhibitions (2)

Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery
The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory 2009-01-23 through 2009-02-01
The 55th Annual Winter Antiques Show
 

Publications (20)

Alison Berger: Glass and Light (2016) illustrated, p. 71; BIB# 169149
Historia del Vidrio: desarrollo formal, technologico y cientifico (2012) illustrated, Fig. 31, p. 55; BIB# 139172
The illustrated encyclopedia of glass (2011) illustrated, p. 56; BIB# 128671
Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants (2010) illustrated, pp. 106-107, #9; BIB# 115588
Zhongguo gu dai bo li ji shu de fa zhan (Development of Chinese Ancient Glass) (2005) illustrated, p. 5 (4.22); BIB# 90520
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001) illustrated, p. 46; BIB# 68214
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Two (2001) illustrated, pp. 149-150, pl. 667; BIB# 58895
Beauty of Glass (2000) illustrated, p. 98; BIB# 77736
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 8; BIB# 63967
Seasons Greetings from Sherry-Lehmann (1990/11) illustrated, p. 3; BIB# 90994
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 58-59, pl. 21; BIB# 33819
A Short History of Glass (1990 edition) (1990) illustrated, p. 32, #25; BIB# 33211
Special Report: The Corning Glass Center (1985) p. 15; BIB# AI14226
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980) pp. 58-59, pl. 21; BIB# 20953
A Short History of Glass (1980 edition) (1980) illustrated, p. 32, #24; BIB# 21161
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1974) (1974) illustrated, p. 25, #25; BIB# 28793
Recent Important Acquisitions, 9 (1967) illustrated, pp. 134-135, #11; BIB# AI97741
English Glass (1967) illustrated, pl. 3; BIB# 25346
Recent Acquisitions of Glass by The Corning Museum of Glass (1967) illustrated, pp. 590-591; BIB# AI84675
Highly Important Egyptian, Western Asiatic, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities (1966-06-13) illustrated, lot 15a; pp. 12-13; BIB# 12821