Cup

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Object Name: 
Cup
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
69.1.27
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4 cm; Rim Diam (max): 8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1-50
Credit Line: 
Gift of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Opaque green glass with minute bubbles; cast; lathe-cut and polished. Cup with double convex profile; flat horizontal rim, slightly outsplayed; wall has narrow upper bulge and broad lower bulge; splayed foot ring; underside flat. On interior, immediately below rim, shallow lathe-cut groove.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1969
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Opaque green
Technique: 
cast, lathe-cut and polished
casting

Exhibitions (1)

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1955-06-13 through 1955-10-23