bracelet

Object NameBracelet

Made FromGlass

Dateprobably 1500-1995

Place Madeprobably Ottoman Empire

Techniquegathered on a metal rod, rotated, transferred

SizeOverall W: 0.6 cm, Diam: 5.2 cm, Th: 0.5 cm

Accession Number95.1.51

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque green glass, with opaque orange, opaque yellow and opaque green patches; probably gathered on a metal rod, which was rotated rapidly, causing the glass to assume its present annular form; transferred from rod to a tool with a cone-shaped end to cool; decorated with pieces of preformed cane. Bracelet, with flattened semicircular cross-section. Outer surface decorated with five equidistant patches, each with five transverse stripes: narrow green, flanked by wider yellow, flanked by orange.
Provenance

Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01

Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01

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