Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Rhineland
Accession Number: 
66.1.2
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14.5 cm; Rim Diam: 8.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
200-399
Primary Description: 
Almost colorless glass with opaque white trails; blown, applied trailed decoration. Goblet on stemmed foot; rounded lip, one horizontal opaque white trail, unmarvered, slightly below lip; outsplayed rim; main wall of body straight but tapering, then turns out and sharply back in to form carination, one horizontal opaque white trail, unmarvered, below carination; body covered with opaque white trails, arranged like four sets of suspended swags and then marvered flush; stem consists of single knob, with opaque white, marvered trails similar to those on body; five sets of opaque white marvered trails on base; base disc rounded at lip.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Henrich, Wilhelm, Source
1966-01
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Almost colorless, opaque white
Technique: 
blown, applied

Exhibitions (1)

Title Unknown (Hallmark Co.)
Venue(s)
Hallmark Gallery 1967-03 through 1967-05

Publications (2)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Two (2001) p. 215, pl. 782; BIB# 58895
Recent Important Acquisitions, 9 (1967) illustrated, p. 134, #6; BIB# AI97741