plaque

Object NameRosette Inlay Plaque

Made FromGlass

Date25 BCE-99 CE

Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Egypt

Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique

SizeOverall H: 1.5 cm, W: 1.5 cm, Th: 0.4 cm

Accession Number76.1.78

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque white, opaque yellow, translucent bluish-green, translucent yellow-brown and translucent yellow-green glass, pitted, dull; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Slice of a roughly square cross section cane preserving the design of an elaborate rosette, a white circular center cased with a square blue-green outline from which four opaque white large leaves project alternating with small yellow leaves, each is cased in translucent yellow-brown glass, the entire motif set in a light yellow-green matrix.
Provenance

Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01

Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01

Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)