beaker

Object NameApplique from Beaker with Sea Creatures

Made FromGlass

Date300-350

TechniqueInflated, tooled, applied

SizeOverall H: 1.7 cm, W: 4.3 cm

Accession Number76.1.142

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire; possibly Rhineland

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; inflated (perhaps lamp-worked) and tooled, applied to blown shape. Fragment of appliqué: rear part of squid or cuttle fish. Flattened tubular body, tapering toward end; on either side of lower body, long narrow fin with tooled ribs. Attached to wall of vessel at one point, behind upper end of fins.
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