Beaker
1st-2nd century CE
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.
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
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).
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