Cup

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Object Name: 
Cup
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
probably Italy
Accession Number: 
65.1.48
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.6 cm, Diam: 6.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1-99
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Opaque white glass with small bubbles and few small black inclusions; blown and tooled. Hemispherical shape body; outsplayed rim with lip rounded by reheating; rim irregular, with short split at lip; horizontal outfolded rib forming wide overhanging collar; wall descends in S-curve to flattened bottom with rounded base at center of floor; applied solid pad base; pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1966-11
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Opaque white, black
Technique: 
blown, tooled

Publications (1)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) pp. 86-87, #121; p. 335, #121; BIB# 58895