Lot Essay
Cf. S. H. Auth, Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum, Newark, 1976, p. 89, no. 92 for a similar amber glass cup.
Details
A ROMAN BLUE GLASS CUP, with tapered lower body, wide mouth and ground rim, the exterior decorated with encircling wheel-cut lines around the middle -- 2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high, 3 3/8in. (8.7cm.) diam., early 1st Century A.D. to circa 75 A.D.