ring
Object NameRing
Made FromGlass
Date1500-1599 or later
Place Madepossibly Egypt; possibly Syria
Techniquegathered, agitated, drawn, bundled, fused, cut, applied
SizeOverall Diam: 3 cm, Th: 0.7 cm
Accession Number95.1.34
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTurquoise blue opaque glass, with red, yellow, black, and white patches; glass probably gathered around tool with conical end and agitated until it assumed form of ring; rods of different colors drawn, bundled, and fused, and resultant cane cut or broken into slices; slices applied to ring. Ring: semi-circular to D-shaped cross section. Decorated with five identical striped cane slices; each slice has black stripe flanked on either side by white, black, yellow, and red stripes. Inner surface of ring is dull and black.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
