Tripode

Moulded blown glass with ribbed decoration and pinched horizontal cord. Feet and handles are attached and worked with tongs. "Usually made of terracotta, tripods are pots with three feet to be stable when placed in the fireplace. Their transposition into glass poses all the more of a question as it is rare: only a few examples have been discovered in Metz, only one is known in Germany." (Archaeology and uses of glass, p.99).