** TEN ROMAN BOWLS

As one of the most versatile of all vessel shapes the bowl was probably the first to have been made by our earliest ancestors.  A bowl is common open-top container used in many cultures to serve food, drinks and for storing other items.  Although other materials such as stone, metal or wood were used to make bowls before and during the Roman period, once glass became popular around the 1^st century glass bowls were manufactured in great abundance. The following examples from the Allaire Collection illustrate the many variations in the sizes and shapes of glass bowls created during the Roman period

19R Blown then pinched ribbed Roman bowl

27R Roman glass skyphos with two handles and thumb rests 1st Century

29R Hofheim cup with wheel-cut lines 1st Century

30R Ribbed bowl 1st Century BC

39R Coptic glass bowl 4th Century Allaire Collection

59R Pale green cup 2-4th Century

60R Roman bowl with trail 1-2nd Century

61R Small cup (acetabulum) 1st Century

63R Roman bowl with vertical rim 1st Century Allaire Collection

65R Roman glass bowl 4th Century