Roman Glass Beaker with Applied Glass Thread

Culture: Roman

Period: Early 4th century A.D.

Material: Glass

Dimensions: 10.8 cm high

Price: 1 200 Euro

Ref: 3642

Provenance: Private collection Dr. Peter Rudeck, Vienna, Austria. Acquired on 5 June 1990 from Gerhard Herinek in Vienna. With the original certificate.

Condition: Intact

Description: Roman glass beaker made of transparent, almost completely discoloured glass. The body with a cylindrical, slightly concave wall. The rim is pulled outwards, rounded and thickened. The massive base was worked out from the wall and flattened. On the upper part of the beaker an encircling applied thread. With a very beautiful silvery iridescence. See for the typus “Römisches, byzantinisches und frühmittelalterliches Glas – Sammlung Ernesto Wolf”, Hatje Cantz 2001, number 108. From Palastine.