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Object NameFinger Ring
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-99 CE (possibly later)
Place MadeRoman Empire
Techniquespirally twisted, bent, fused, flattened
SizeOverall Diam: 2.3 cm, Th: 0.4 cm; Bezel W: 0.7 cm
Accession Number95.1.82
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless glass, with opaque white twist and blue blob; spirally twisted colorless and white cane heated until soft, then bent into ring so that ends met and fused on cooling; area of junction somewhat flattened to form bezel; blue blob dropped onto bezel and flattened. finger-ring: circular cross section, with slightly wider, flattened oval bezel, which is decorated with circular blue blob.Provenance
Source
Derek Content
- 1976-01-01
Source
Carl Sandler Berkowitz
- 1976-01-01
Former Collection
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
