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Shallow Dish
Shallow Dish

Shallow Dish

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureRoman
Date4th century A.D.
MediumGlass
Dimensionsh. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
lip h. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
max. diam. 16 15/16 in. (43 cm)
base diam. 6 15/16 in. (17.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number86.138.415
DescriptionFree-blown dish of very light green glass. Large, footed, flat dish with high lip, rolled and swung to size. Rim rolled out and down, with air bubble captured inside. Thick coil added for ring foot, then ground down to fine edge; initial thickness still visible at top. Dish ground and polished to fine width.Label TextThe invention of the glass-blowing process in the first century B.C. led to a revolution in the production and use of glass vessels. The new technique made glassmaking much less time consuming, and as a result glassware became more affordable. By the end of the following century, glass tableware, like the large platter, the bottle, and the pitchers displayed here, was widely used throughout the Roman world. (Jessica Powers, 2018)ProvenanceBy purchase, the Stark family, Orange, Texas, between 1927 and 1929; by bequest, the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1965; by purchase, the San Antonio Museum of Art with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willson, 1986Exhibition History"Poor Man's Crystal: Utilitarian Glass from Ancient Rome, ca. 50 B.C. - A.D. 450," Wesleyan University, Connecticut, March 28- May 25, 2003Published ReferencesCaroline M. Richardson, Poor Man's Crystal: Utilitarian Glass from Ancient Rome, ca. 50 B.C. - A.D. 450 (San Antonio, 2003), cat. no. 13
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