An Opaque White Patella Cup
4BCB742F
Cast glass, opaque white in color, with an applied circular foot ring, a narrow horizontal rim and convex sides. The fabrication of such glass cups involved casting, lathe-cutting and fire polishing.
Provenance:Alfred Wolkenberg Collection, New York
Private American collection
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Condition:Assembled from two pieces but complete.
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References:cf. Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 1979, nos. 297-298.
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Category:Roman
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Period:Roman-Egypt
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Date:c. 1st Century B.C.-A.D.
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Material:Glass
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Width:3 1/2" (8.9cm)
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Height:1 5/8" (4.2cm)
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| Display Stand:No
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