Cup

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Object Name: 
Cup
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
68.1.75
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5 cm; Rim Diam (max): 7.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
50-99
Credit Line: 
Gift of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Transparent amber glass with small bubbles; blown and tooled. Cup with roughly hemispherical body; short flaring rim with lip rounded by reheating, tooled at bottom to form overhanging tubular rib; wall descends in S-shaped curve; applied solid pad base; pontil mark.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1968
Category: 
Technique: 
Extending Exhibits in the Museum Store (2003) illustrated, p. 37; BIB# AI57824
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) p. 86, #119; p. 335, #119; BIB# 58895
Seasons Greetings from Sherry-Lehmann (1990/11) illustrated, p. 44; BIB# 90994
A Short History of Glass (1990 edition) (1990) illustrated, p. 24, #10; p. 23; BIB# 33211
Stained Glass: Jewels of Light (1988) illustrated, p. 22; BIB# 59584