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Beaker with Furnace-Opened Rim

Date 1st to 2nd century A.D.
Dimensions H. 8.2 cm, D. (rim) 8.2 cm
Accession Number 68.1.72 (CMOG)
Credit The Corning Museum of Glass (Cat. 163), formerly in the Strauss Collection (S1735). Gift of Mr. Strauss.
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Fundamentally important in the product line of nearly any glassblower are tumblers: simple, small- to medium-sized drinking vessels. By the early decades of the first century A.D., Roman glassworkers produced these objects with either a furnace-finished rim, as in this example, or a cracked-off rim (Video 45). The video shows the labor-intensive nature of producing this kind of rim.

Video 44 Fundamentally important in the product line of nearly any glassblower are tumblers: simple, small- to medium-sized drinking vessels. By the early decades of the first century A.D., Roman glassworkers produced these objects with either a furnace-finished rim, as in this example, or a cracked-off rim (Video 45). The video shows the labor-intensive nature of producing this kind of rim.
Video 44 Fundamentally important in the product line of nearly any glassblower are tumblers: simple, small- to medium-sized drinking vessels. By the early decades of the first century A.D., Roman glassworkers produced these objects with either a furnace-finished rim, as in this example, or a cracked-off rim (Video 45). The video shows the labor-intensive nature of producing this kind of rim.
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