Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Body fragment.

Translucent honey brown, cobalt blue, and opaque white.

Slightly outsplayed neck; straight side tapering downward and curving in at bottom.

Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in brown ground with irregular wavy white and blue threads in parallel lines; on exterior, two broad vertical ribs, fairly widely spaced, with flattened tops and rounded outer edges.

Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling and patches of creamy iridescent weathering on exterior; some weathering and chipping of jagged edges.

Credit: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891