Dish

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Object Name: 
Dish
Accession Number: 
66.1.221
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.3 cm; Rim Diam: 29.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
25 BCE-99 CE
Primary Description: 
Opaque white glass, some small bubbles, pitted brown weathering crust on surface; mold-pressed or cast and lathe-cut. Horizontal rim bends down to form double convex wall with a lathe-cut profile band emphasizing the transition on the interior wall below the rim; flat bottom has a lathe-cut ring (5.5 cm. diam.) elaborating the floor; wide lathe-cut ring (20 cm. diam.) on underside for base.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Sangiorgi, Sergio (Italian), Source
1966
Sangiorgi, Giorgio (Italian, 1886-1965), Former Collection
Category: 
Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) illustrated, p. 149, #315, pl. 39; BIB# 29547