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bowl

Object NameBowl

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1200-1299

TechniqueBlown, trailed, dragged, marvered

SizeOverall H: 7.7 cm, Diam (max): 12.9 cm

Accession Number55.1.100

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

L'Orient de Saladin

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

Not On View

Physical DescriptionBowl. Translucent purple, with opaque white trails. Blown; trailed, dragged, and marvered. Bowl: roughly hemispherical. Rim everted, with rounded lip; wall curves out and down to below mid-point, then in; base plain, very slightly concave; pontil mark is irregular scare (W. 1.2 cm). Decoration: on outside of rim, continuous white trail; on base and wall, trail dropped onto base near center, wound spirally 19 times to within 1.5 cm of lip, and marvered; all but uppermost two to three revolutions have been dragged diagonally to produce appearance of twisted ribbons or rows of adjoining lozenges.
Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1955-09-09