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Date13th century
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall (Height): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm) Base (Diam.): 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm) Rim (Diam.): 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.123
Not on view
DescriptionTransparent greenish glass; surface largely covered with irridescent buff deposit. Cylindrical, flaring at rim; base flat with ring around edge and indentation in center.

Additional Details

Exhibition History 1988
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Ancient Glass: The Hamilton College Collection," March 5- April 24, 1988 (cat. no. 66).
Provenance 1929: Hamilton College (James Library) by bequest of Edward S. Burgess
Published References ANCIENT GLASS FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat. Clinton, Emerson Gallery, 1988), 14.
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