Glass cup with splayed foot

Unknown

2nd half of 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green. Outsplayed tubular rim, folded over and in; tall curving neck, tapering downwards; thick projecting shoulder; squat, globular body; applied conical foot, formed from a separate gather, with edge cracked-off and ground flat; small, circular, flat bottom. Eleven vertical ribs in high relief tooled out from shoulder down side of body. Rim and body cracked with one hole in side; part of foot broken and missing; few bubbles; dulling, pitting, creamy brown weathering, and faint iridescence. This cup or chalice bears a similarity to the ribbed bowls also displayed here (91.1.1247, .1346), but the treatment of the rim and the addition of the foot make it a very unusual example of Roman blown glass tableware.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd half of 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Museum Accession