A MIGRATION PERIOD GLASS CONE BEAKER

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.

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A MIGRATION PERIOD GLASS CONE BEAKER
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
Olive green in color, pattern molded and blown, conical in form, tapering to the thickened base, the rippled surface with an applied blue trail spiralling above the patterning, and one on the rim
10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Private Collection, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1950s-1960s; thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

Cone beakers, dating from the 4th-6th century A.D., were manufactured across a wide region, including England, France, Germany, Belgium and as far east as the Black Sea region. This beaker can be classified as the Kempston type, where the conical form is embellished with applied trails along the rim and body. The Kempston type has several variations, all with vessel hues of green and differing arrangements of the trails. For a related example see no. 42, pl. 2, pp. 11-12, 51 and 130 in Evison, Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Glass in the British Museum.

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