Shallow Dish
Culture: Roman
Date: 4th century A.D.
Medium: Glass
Dimensions:
h. 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 Line: Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number: 86.138.415
Provenance: By 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, 1986
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The 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)
(Jessica Powers, 2018)
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