** 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 (https://wp.me/pqEUT-3O2 active link)

27R Free blown technique. Roman glass skyphos with two handles and thumb rests 1st Century from the Allaire Collection.

29R Hofheim cup with wheel-cut lines 1st Century (https://wp.me/pqEUT-36T active link)

39R Egyptian glass bowl 4th Century (https://wp.me/pqEUT-3fo active link)

59R Pale green cup 2-4th Century https://wp.me/pqEUT-We active link)

60R Roman bowl with trail 1st-2nd Century (https://wp.me/pqEUT-SS active link)

61R Small cup (acetabulum) 1st Century (https://wp.me/pqEUT-jN active link)

63R Roman bowl with vertical rim 1st Century (https://wp.me/pqEUT-3ma active link)

65R Roman glass bowl 4th Century (https://wp.me/pqEUT-3HC active link)