Unknown Maker, Graeco-Syrian

The Romans made glass objects in a variety of shapes and sizes, as evinced by the contrast between this large platter and the diminutive vessels on the shelf below. this piece can easily be imagined sitting on the table in the dining room (triclinium), holding a variety of fruit or other goods. Its form, which mimics fine ceramics of the period, was created by free-blowing molten glass and then attaching a folded foot.