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Bowl with Conical Foot

Date 1st to 2nd century or about 4th century
Dimensions H. 10.6 cm, D. 16.2 cm
Accession Number 54.1.98 (CMOG)
Credit The Corning Museum of Glass (Cat. 100), formerly in the Pierpont Morgan Library.
Video Type full
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The realization by some early first-century glassblower that two soft bubbles of glass can be joined to make a compound object must have been revelatory. The video shows the cup and foot being joined at their tips while both parts are slightly soft; a nearly unbreakable bond results.

Video 51 The realization by some early first-century glassblower that two soft bubbles of glass can be joined to make a compound object must have been revelatory. The video shows the cup and foot being joined at their tips while both parts are slightly soft; a nearly unbreakable bond results.
Video 51 The realization by some early first-century glassblower that two soft bubbles of glass can be joined to make a compound object must have been revelatory. The video shows the cup and foot being joined at their tips while both parts are slightly soft; a nearly unbreakable bond results.
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