Images(6)

fragment

Object Name12 Fragments of Bracelets

Made FromGlass

Dateperhaps 500-699

Place Madeprobably Byzantine Empire

TechniqueTooled

Size(a) Diam: 6.9 cm; (b) External Diam: 5.8 cm, W: 1.4 cm, Th: 0.2 cm

Accession Number71.1.12

Credit LineGift of Mr. Fred W. Trembour

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent purple glass, appearing black in reflected light; tooled, apparently made by taking part of ribbonlike strip of glass and joining ends. (a) Bracelet: roughly circular. Flat in cross-section and decorated on outer surface with six parallel horizontal ribs which are continuous except where they have been flattened, perhaps when ends of were joined. (b) Bracelet: roughly circular. Flat in cross-section and decorated on outer surface with five parallel horizontal ribs which are continuous except where they have been flattened, perhaps when ends were joined.
Provenance

Source Fred W. Trembour - 1971