Large Patella Cup

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Object Name: 
Large Patella Cup
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
79.1.121
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.2 cm, Diam: 10.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
25-99
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Transparent light green glass, pitted surface, thin iridescent film; blown and tooled. Rim rounded by reheating, straight- sided vessel wall tooled to form outfolded rib below collar rim, wall bends in and down forming an elongated globular body; thin tooled base, slight depression on underside.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1979
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Transparent light green
Technique: 
blown, tooled

Publications (1)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) p. 85, #116; p. 334, #116; BIB# 58895