Small Bowl with Ring-and-Dot Motifs

Object Name: 
Small Bowl with Ring-and-Dot Motifs

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Object Name: 
Small Bowl with Ring-and-Dot Motifs
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
65.1.50
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.7 cm, Diam (max): 6.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
800-999
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Small Bowl with Ring-and-Dot Motifs. Transparent pale yellowish green; some bubbles, including one that measures 1.3 cm by 1.6 cm. Blown; pincered. Miniature bowl. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall has convex profile and curves in at bottom; base almost disk-like; pontil mark anular (D. 1.1 cm), with scale. Wall is covered with two continuous horizontal rows of identical pincered elements, with those in lower row directly beneath those in upper row. Each row has eight contiguous or overlapping oval ring-and-dot motifs (H. about 1.4 cm, W. about 2.1 cm), with raised ring and very prominent hemispherical dot. Surfaces behind pincered motifs are plain and slightly recessed.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1966-11
Tiffany, Louis Comfort (American, 1848-1933), Former Collection
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Former Collection
Category: 
Material: 
Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15