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Beaker

Object Name:
Beaker
Object ID:
1957.065.04.135.2
Date:
1800-1900
Description:
Horn Beaker. Conical section. Top edge flat and slightly rounded. Bottom is flat and inside edge is chamfered slightly. Insert sets into a groove around bottom to hold end piece. Some small shallow concentric grooves on bottom. Some delamination of insert which is manifested by irregular internal reflections. Part of bottom piece is slightly translucent. Body is yellowed off white colored with irregular inclusions of brown and one or two areas of black. Bottom translucent color is amber.
Material:
Skeletal
Dimensions:
H-2.9 Dia-2.1 inches
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy and Edmund Astley Prentis Jr., in Memory of David Edward Murphy
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