Ribbed Bowl

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Object Name: 
Ribbed Bowl
Accession Number: 
55.1.79
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.2 cm; Rim Diam: 12.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1-75
Primary Description: 
Large canes with opaque white spiral in a translucent amethyst matrix with streaks of colorless glass, bubbly with heavy pitting and some brilliant iridescence as well as heavy white weathering crust especially over white glass spirals; mold-pressed, mosaic glass technique with wheel-cut grooves. Deep bowl, round rim, straight-sided vessel with wheel-cut groove on interior just below the rim, two more close together emphasizing lower body where the wall bends in more sharply to form a rounded bottom and flattened base; exterior decorated with a series of twenty-four narrow mold-pressed ribs beginning ca. 1.5 cm. below the rim and tapering sharply toward the flattened base.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1955-09-09
Category: 
VENINI - Glass and Design in a World Perspective
Venue(s)
Mingei International Museum 2001-07-05 through 2002-01-31
Carder and Revivalism
Venue(s)
Rockwell Museum 1985-05-09 through 1985-11-01
 
East Side Winter Antiques Show
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory
Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15
 
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Venue(s)
Musee de Mariemont 1954 through 1954
Ancient Glass from the Collection of Ray W. Smith
Venue(s)
Fogg Art Museum 1952