Footed Bowl with Basket Handle

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Footed Bowl with Basket Handle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 3 9/16 in. (9.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Body Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)

MediumGlass; blown in a mold, removed, free-blown, and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.661

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DescriptionTransparent to translucent dark royal-blue (not in rock color chart). Translucent similarly colored handle. Body blown into a vertically ribbed and grooved mold, then expanded. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm. Excess glass at tip of handle drawn out thin and snapped off, then slumped back to underside of attachment. Rim folded outward and downward with an irregular tool mark along exterior. Bulbous body with greatest diameter below middle. Concave base with open pushed-in base ring. Rounded basket handle made of a heavy coil with round cross section, applied to side of rim and attached to top of rim on opposite side. On body, twenty-eight indistinct expanded mold-blown ribs. Thin glass. A few pinprick bubbles.