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Ribbed Glass Bowl

1–100 CE
Diameter: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
Weight: 250 g (8.82 oz.)
Location: 103 Roman
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Fire-polishing is a technique used to smooth the surface of a vessel by briefly melting it after shaping the glass.

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This type of vessel represents the Roman manufacturing breakthrough of slump molding, which made high-quality glassware broadly affordable for the first time. The artisan formed ribs on a hot glass disk before the disk was placed on a convex form. The resulting bowl shape was slowly cooled and then turned on a lathe to polish the rim and apply incised detail. Finally, the bowl was fire-polished in the furnace. It is in pristine condition.
Ribbed Glass Bowl

Ribbed Glass Bowl

1–100 CE

Roman

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