spoon

Object NameSpoon

Made FromGlass

Date75 BCE-about 399 CE

Place Madeprobably Roman Empire

TechniqueBlown, hot-worked

SizeOverall H: 12.1 cm, W: 3.6 cm, Th: 0.8 cm

Accession Number54.1.105

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Curiosities of Glassmaking

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless glass; blown, hot-worked, blown as tubular parison with spherical bulb at one end; bulb then squeezed, perhaps in open mold, to form bowl, and opposite end of tube reheated and sealed. Hollow tubular handle with rounded end and shallow circular bowl. The glass has many bubbles, which are elongated in the handle, and some black inclusions.
Provenance

Source Pierpont Morgan Library - 1954-09-21