Ribbed Bowl

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Object Name: 
Ribbed Bowl
Accession Number: 
52.1.79
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.8 cm, Rim Diam: 11.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
50 BCE-50 CE
Primary Description: 
Ribbed Bowl. Colorless glass with gray tinge and amethyst streaks, bubbly somewhat pitted surface, area on interior retains highly iridescent patches; mold-pressed, tooled, lathe-cut and polished. Rim rounded by reheating bends down into deep vessel with almost straight sides, twenty ribs on exterior, wide wheel-cut groove below rim on interior, two more shallow grooves divide bowl approximately in half.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Sobernheim, Former Collection
Stack's Galleries, Source
1952-04-29
Sobernheim, Clara (German, 1888-1963), Former Collection
1933
to
1952
Sobernheim, Moritz Sebastian (German, 1872-1933), Former Collection
Category: 
Fire and Vine: The Story of Glass and Wine
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2021-07-03 through 2022-12-31
Explore the many ways glass touches wine as it travels from the grape to your goblet in Fire and Vine: The Story of Glass and Wine. The entwined histories of glass and wine extend back thousands of years, from lavish feasts of ancient Rome, to the polite society of Britain in the 1700s, to formal dinner parties of post-war America, to an essential experience within our contemporary food culture. The strength, impermeability, and versatility of glass has played an important role in every step of wine’s journey, from the production, distribution, sale, and ultimately the enjoyment of this intoxicating beverage. During your visit, you’ll see a rare 2,000-year-old fragment of cameo glass depicting a grape harvest, a still-sealed bottle of wine found in a shipwreck off the coast of England, and an exceptional 400-year-old document describing an “almost unbreakable glass jar” that could prevent wine from spoiling. A focal point of the exhibition will be a dense display of dozens of wine glasses from around the world, representing many styles and tastes, fit for a variety of occasions. You will be able to envision the stories behind the glasses—and imagine yourself partaking from this delicate stemware that’s been part of countless life moments. In the exhibition, you'll also explore how the story of glass and wine has particular relevance in the Finger Lakes of New York State, which has been a nexus for both the glass and wine industries for more than 150 years. Independent, entrepreneurial winemakers and glass artists have found a mutual home in this region, building on historical tradition with new creative energy that makes Corning and the Finger Lakes an international hub for the entwined industries of fire and vine.
VENINI - Glass and Design in a World Perspective
Venue(s)
Mingei International Museum 2001-07-05 through 2002-01-31
 
East Side Winter Antiques Show
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory
Modern Material in Antiquity: An Early History of the Art and Technology of Glass (2015-11) illustrated, p. 302;
Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) illustrated, pp. 155-156, #332, pl. 40; BIB# 29547
The Sobernheim Collection of Ancient Glass (1952-04-19) p. 43, lot 379; BIB# 12935