Fragment of Cup or Lamp

Object Name: 
Fragment of Cup or Lamp

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Cup or Lamp
Accession Number: 
68.1.59-13
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.1 cm, W: 5.2 cm, D: 3.3 cm; Estimate Rim Diam: about 7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Primary Description: 
Transparent pale green glass with many small bubbles, (trail) deep blue; blown, applied. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall tapers, with slightly concave profile; base has applied foot ring and slight kick; pontil mark roughly circular (D. about 1.3 cm). Small vertical handle dropped onto bottom of wall, drawn up, bent in, and attached to upper wall, with cast-off glass pulled down to foot ring. Decoration (applied before handle) consists of two apparently horizontal trails on outside of rim and 0.8 cm below rim.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: 
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 191-192, #935; BIB# 113723