bowl
Object NameBowl with Handle
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
TechniqueBlown, pincered, applied
SizeOverall H: 5.8 cm; Rim Diam: 14.4 cm
Accession Number74.1.35
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionBowl with Handle. Almost colorless, with yellowish green tinge; innumerable bubbles, mostly small but with few 0.6-0.3 cm across (body and handle); transparent blue (lip wrap). Blown; pincered, applied. Bowl shaped like shallow truncated cone. Rim has narrow lip wrap with rounded edge; wall straight and tapering; base has foot ring with crimped indentations that form irregular zigzag pattern; low kick; irregular pontil mark (L. 1.6 cm). Single handle with roughly oval cross section dropped onto foot ring, drawn out and up almost vertically, bent horizontally, then bent again, drawn down, and reattached to foot ring. Lower wall is decorated with continuous horizontal row of 13 identical motifs, each resembling isosceles triangle (H. about 2.5 cm), but without base and with dot at apex, all in negative relief. Surfaces behind these motifs are also decorated in negative relief.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1974-12-12
Former Collection
Friedrick Wilhelm von Blissing
