Stemmed Cup or Lid

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Object Name: 
Stemmed Cup or Lid
Place Made: 
Eastern Mediterranean
possibly Palestine
probably Syria
Accession Number: 
79.1.148
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.1 cm, Diam (max): 9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
200-499
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Transparent greenish-colorless glass; blown. Shallow, bell- shaped body; vertical rim with reworked lip, curving upward at bottom; folded tubular flante at junction of rim and body; short hollow stem closed by tiny "bubble"; shallow splayed foot with tubular edge made by folding; pontil scar.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1979
Color: 
Transparent greenish-colorless
Technique: 
blown

Publications (1)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) pp. 203-204, #355; p. 362, #355; BIB# 58895