Inkwell

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Object Name: 
Inkwell
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
70.1.22
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.6 cm, Diam (max): 8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1-199
Primary Description: 
Transparent light greenish blue glass; blown. Cylindrical shape; narrow mouth, with rounded lip; shallow, sloping shoulder; vertical wall with folded horizontal flange at top and bottom; base flat; no pontil mark.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Hambuechen, James E., Source
1970
Category: 
Technique: 
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) p. 199, #347; p. 361, #347; BIB# 58895