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Object Name14 Wall Revetment Tiles (mosaic glass fragments)
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire
TechniqueMosaic glass or millefiori technique
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number64.1.217
Credit LineBequest of the Estate of George S. McKearin
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionWall Revetment Tile (mosaic glass fragment). Floral canes of opaque yellow, opaque red, opaque white, translucent blue-green, translucent amethyst, translucent yellow-green glass, dull with some pitting and weathering; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Seven fragments retain blue-green rosettes or floral canes cased with white which float in a predominantly amethyst or yellow-green matrix among rods of opaque yellow; four fragments preserve yellow-green rosettes with red centers cased in yellow which float among rods of opaque yellow in an amethyst matrix; the remaining three fragments are primarily amethyst matrix veined with either white or yellow.Provenance
Source
George S. McKearin
(b. 1874) - 1964-09-09
