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Object NameFragment of Bowl
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1200-1299
TechniqueBlown, trailed, dragged, marvered
SizeOverall H: 2.7 cm, W: 4.3 cm; Estimate Rim Diam: about 2 cm
Accession Number76.1.320
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent purple, with bubbles; opaque white trails. Blown; trailed, dragged, and marvered. Fragment of bowl. Rim rounded and slightly thickened; wall curves down and out toward greatest diameter. Decoration: thick trail on top and outside of rim, and narrow trail wound spirally about three times around top of wall; immediately below this, wall has marvered trail wound more than eight times round circumference; all surviving trails were dragged to produce vertical rows of festoons.
Provenance
Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01
Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01
Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)
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