bowl
Object NameRibbed Bowl
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1-75
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Italy
TechniqueCast mosaic glass, tooled, cut, ground, polished
SizeOverall H: 5.2 cm, Diam (max): 17.4 cm
Accession Number79.1.49
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Drinking Glasses Through the Ages
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionLarge canes with opaque white spiral in transparent amber matrix; blank cast by mosaic glass technique; ribbing tooled; sagged over mold; rim ground; interior lathe-cut; interior and upper part of exterior rotary-polished; rest of exterior fire polished. Shallow open bowl; bottom slightly hollowed. Twenty-six ribs on exterior running from below rim to near center of bottom. Lathe-cut ring, D: 1.1 cm., at center of interior, surrounded by band of three concentric curls, D: 8.7 cm.; immediately below interior of rim, lathe-cut groove.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
