Object Description
An Ancient Roman translucent blue glass dish. The shallow vessel is formed from a wide, flat base with gently sloping sides that leads to a splayed lip, which curves down slightly. The rim features applied decoration in vertical tooling, creating a wave of ridges and grooves on either side to form two small handles. The dish is further enriched by raised circles of glass under the rim and around the edge of the base. Small bubbles of trapped air from the blowing process add further interest to the glass. There is a round pontil mark left from the blowing process on the bottom of the dish.
Date: Circa 1st Century AD