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Object NameGold glass base

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1801-1975

Place Madepossibly Italy

Techniqueblown, tooled, recently painted

SizeH: 2.5 cm, D (base): 4.2 cm

Accession Number76.3.10

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Physical DescriptionColorless glass with greenish tinge, bubbly with much cored and black stone, some scales, thick iridescent weathering crust adhering to low spaces; blown, tooled and recently painted. Fragment preserves bottom and trailed-on base ring of a 2nd-3rd century Roman beaker; pontil area has been painted with a Romanesque head of Christ in opaque white, with highlights and details in black, wearing a red shirt with a gold mandorla and cross behind; on the reverse in the base is a red lozenge-shaped shield outlined in black with a gold XP insignia; this has been covered with a thin piece of glass which has been glued in place.
Provenance

Source Richard Gould - 1976-04-20