Straight-Sided Bowl on Base Ring

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Straight-Sided Bowl on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th century CE

DimensionsH: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Rim Diam: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Base Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.860

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DescriptionTransparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2). Similarly colored thread. Pontil mark ca. 1.0 cm. Added thread. Medium thin glass. A few pinprick and small bubbles; one medium-sized (0.6 cm) vertically elongated bubble in wall; horizontally elongated bubbles in rim. Horizontally outsplayed rim, rounded in flame. Straight sides with very slight taper toward base. High domed pushed-in base with flaring sides and hollow tubular base ring. Thin coil just below rim, completely melted into surface. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 87; Vessberg 1952 bowls C II a.

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 80, no. 297. (A close parallel dated "About late 3rd-early 4th century A.D.").