fragment
Object NameFragment Dish Handle
Made FromGlass
Date300-399
Place MadeRoman Empire
TechniqueCast or blown, cased, wheel cut, tooled, applied
SizeOverall H: 3.8 cm, L: 14.4 cm
Accession Number55.1.143
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Book and the Spade
Glass from the Ancient World
Cut Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent pale yellowish-green glass with transparent blue glass overlay; dish: cast or blown cased and wheel cut; handle: tooled, applied and wheel-cut. Shallow dish with straight handle which projects slightly downward; dish: small fragment only survives; plain rim beveled on inside; shallow curving side; handle: straight, with circular section; splays at base in two wing-like projections pressed against wall; elaborate wheel-cut decoration: on wall, parts of blue overlay removed together with much of yellowish-green glass evidently for open work design, which included three openings, possibly parts of a "cage"; on handle, four horizontal cuts on each wing-like projection; ten longitudinal flutes on shaft, which terminate in head of wolf with ears flattened, and teeth bared in a snarl.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1955-09-09
