VesselsGraeco-Roman

Beaker

Description

Beaker; squat, wide base with ring foot and pontil mark, sloping sides, flaring mouth. Intact; dirt and iridescence on inside and pale, pearly opalescence.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Free-blown glass

Medium

Blue-green glass

Culture

Graeco-Roman

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 9.9 x Rim diam. 5.1 x W. 7.7 cm (3 7/8 x 2 x 3 1/16 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).