Cup with Collar Rim

Object Name: 
Cup with Collar Rim

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Object Name: 
Cup with Collar Rim
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
probably Eastern Mediterranean
Accession Number: 
79.1.117
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.9 cm, Diam (max): 8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
25-99
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Transparent grey-blue glass with white iridescent weathering crust flaking away from body; blown and tooled. Rim rounded by reheating bends in to horizontally outfolded rib forming a collar rim above a short almost cylindrical body; flattened base, slight depression on underside, no pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979-03-25
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Transparent grey-blue
Technique: 
blown, tooled

Publications (1)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) p. 84, #114; p. 334, #114; BIB# 58895