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Weathered, pale blue translucent glass beaker with straight sides that narrow inward slightly to a rounded rim

The exterior of this translucent pale blue glass beaker is heavily weathered. It does not have a smooth surface, but instead shows many pits and etched marks and has patches of light-colored dirt accretions near the base. The beaker is slightly wider than it is tall. It has a squat, rounded shape that tapers slightly inward at the top. The rim is rounded and has a rolled smooth lip that does not show weathering. The color of the lip appears to be a slightly darker shade of blue.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.91
Title
Beaker
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1st-2nd century CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Graeco-Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292501

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Glass
Technique
Free-blown glass
Dimensions
H. 5.8 x Rim diam. 7.1 x W. 8 cm (2 5/16 x 2 13/16 x 3 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.91
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Intact, sack-shaped beaker in pale, blue glass; indented base; body flares outward fron base to a carnation; walls taper to a thin rolled rim. Intact; flaking iridescence and brown opalescence on interior, dirt accretions on bottom.

Classification: C. Isings, Roman Glass from Dated Finds (Djakarta: Groningen, 1957), form 12.

Comparisons: Adria, Archaeology Museum, 172M, 89M; Corning Museum of Glass 79.1.237.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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