inlay

Object Name2 Wall Revetment Inlays

Made FromGlass

Date25 BCE-99 CE

Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Italy; possibly Egypt

Techniquecast, overlaid

Size(a) H: 6.5 cm, W: 4 cm, Th: 0.5 cm; (b) H: 5.1 cm, W: 3.6 cm, Th: 0.4 cm

Accession Number76.1.55

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical Description(a) Thin layer of opaque white sandwiched between two uneven layers of translucent deep blue glass, chord and streamers, thin iridescent weathering film on one side; cast and overlaid. Somewhat triangular fragment preserves flat sheet of multiple layers with long parallel impurities and chord running on upper surface which appears unweathered. (b) Similar smaller fragment with very thin upper blue layer appearing light blue on the white backing.
Provenance

Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01

Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01

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