Cup or Mixing Bowl

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Object Name: 
Cup or Mixing Bowl
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
66.1.252
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.9 cm; Rim Diam: 14.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
50-100
Primary Description: 
Light bluish green, transparent glass; blown (two gathers), handles applied. Cup. Bell-shaped, with two opposed handles. Rim folded out, up, and down; body tapers, then swells to carination before curving in toward bottom; short, bulbous stem; hollow, conical foot made from separate gather, with cracked-off edge; probably no pontil mark. Two vestigial strap handles, circular in section, attached to wall, immediately above carination.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Henrich, Wilhelm, Source
1966
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
blue
green
Technique: 
glassblowing
hot-working
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) pp. 90-91, #130; p. 336, #130; BIB# 58895