Corinth Object: MF 1150
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 1150
Title:   GLASS TUBULAR FOOT GOBLET
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   1150
Description:   Tubular foot goblet made from one gather. Round, tubular base, tall steeply sloping sides, hollow stem with slight bulge. Irregular shaped protrusion at bottom of cup from paraison; faint traces of pontil under foot; two long, grooved tool marks on stem, partially collapsed hollow stem from grabbing and twisting. This base is larger, cruder, with taller base and more sharply angled base side than most tubular goblets found at Corinth.
Material:   Glass, blueish green, abundant pinprick-medium bubbles
Condition:   Fragment. 1 fragment. Intact base and stem, with a few mm of body before broken off; body and rim not preserved. Iridescent weathering with some milkiness around stem and underside of foot; pitting on bottom of foot
Manufacture:   Blown, single gather goblet
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.048, diam of base 0.060
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   2nd half 5th cent or later. Agora XXXIV #347-352
Bibliography:   Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 721 (note incorrect dating to 11th cent)
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952