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Object NameMirror
Made FromGlass, Copper Alloy, Silver
Date200-399
Place MadeRoman Empire
Technique(a) cast or beaten, silvered; (b) blown, ground, polished, gilded, scratched
Size(a) D: 9.5 cm, Th: .05 cm; (b) D: 9.4 cm, Th: .1 cm
Accession Number55.1.88
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Glass from the Ancient World
Ancient Art in American Private Collections
Not On View
Physical Description(a) Convex surface silver over brown, with green corrosion products; concave surface light to dark gray, with some green corrosion products; cast or beaten, silvered. Circular metal plate, with slightly curved surface. Outer (convex) surface silvered; inner (concave) surface plain. (b) colorless; blown, with ground and polished edge, and gilded, with scratched details. Disk, with gilded and painted decoration on one surface: at center, Cupid standing, with head in profile facing left (surviving parts consist of head, left shoulder, and one wing); to left, two parallel lines, almost vertical but inclined slightly to left; above and behind Cupid's head, areas of dark reddish purple (now almost black); small parts of other gilded motifs survive, but defy identification.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1955-09-09
