Bulbous Bowl

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Bulbous Bowl

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/8 in. (8.0 cm); Max Diam: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, wheel cut.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.824

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DescriptionThis bulbous bowl (Isings Form 12; Vessberg Beaker Type A III variation) is made from transparent, decolored glass. The very thin glass shows a few small spherical bubbles and retains blowing spirals. The vessel was free-blown and finished with shallow wheel-cut decoration. The rim is lightly ground. The upper half of the body is nearly cylindrical, with sides tapering to a concave base. Between the rim and the greatest diameter, there are two shallow wheel-cut grooves and two wheel-cut incisions arranged in sequence from top to bottom: groove, incision, groove, incision.