Cup

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Object Name: 
Cup
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Eastern Mediterranean
Accession Number: 
50.1.19
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.4 cm, Diam: 7.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1-99
Primary Description: 
Transparent colorless glass with a blue green tinge, thin iridescent weathering crust with patches of light brown weathering adhering; blown and tooled. Rim rounded by reheating, straight-sided vessel wall tooled to form outfolded rib below the collar rim, wall bends in and down to form deep globular body; pushed in a flattened base, interior retains button with concentric ring, underside slight depression, no pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Former Collection
Kouchakji, Fahim (b. Syria, 1886-1976), Former Collection
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
blue-green
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
Material: 
glass

Publications (2)

The Nonfunctional Functional: Meditations on the Glass Vessel (2014) illustrated, p. 38; BIB# AI98504
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) p. 87, #122; p. 335, #122; BIB# 58895