Bowl

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
possibly Italy
Accession Number: 
79.1.46
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.9 cm, Diam (max): 17 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1-50
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Opaque white glass with tiny black impurities; cast, sagged over mold, ribs tooled, cut and ground. Shallow bowl; rim ground flat; bottom slightly hollowed. Twenty-four ribs on exterior running from shortly below rim almost to center of bottom. Exterior above ribs and whole of interior ground; interior has lathe-cut circle, D: 0.9 cm., at center, surrounded by pair of concentric circles, D: 5.3-5.8 cm.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1979
Category: 
Origins of Glassmaking
Roman
Color: 
Opaque white, black
Technique: 
cast, sagged over mold, ribs tooled, cut, ground
casting
cut glass

Exhibitions (1)

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1955-06-13 through 1955-10-23