1920.44.91: Beaker
VesselsThe 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
- Permissions
-
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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
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