Lot Essay
To create the spiral ribs, the vessel is blown into a mold and then twisted. For a related example see no. 670 in Whitehouse, Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol. two.
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PROPERTY OF THE WUNSCH FOUNDATION
A MEROVINGIAN GLASS BELL-BEAKER
CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A MEROVINGIAN GLASS BELL-BEAKER
CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY A.D.
Blue-green in color, pattern molded with thin vertical ribs and twisted, conical in form, tapering to a wide flange, the conical base centered by a point, the thickened rim rounded
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY A.D.
Blue-green in color, pattern molded with thin vertical ribs and twisted, conical in form, tapering to a wide flange, the conical base centered by a point, the thickened rim rounded
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Provenance
with Sheppard & Cooper, London, 1995 (Glass of the Dark Ages, no. 12).
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