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Object Name7 Fragments of Vessel Walls
Made FromGlass
Date1-99
TechniqueBlown, applied, marvered, reheated
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number96.1.9
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
Roman Empire
Physical Description(A) Purple semi-transparent; white opaque and possibly light blue opaque. (B) Blue translucent; white opaque. (C) Brownish yellow transparent; white opaque. (D) Purple translucent; white opaque. (E) Blue translucent; white opaque. (F) Purple translucent; white opaque. (G) Purple semi-transparent; white opaque; blown and applied, parison rolled in chips of opaque white, marvered, reheated, and inflated to full size. (A) Fragment of wall. Outer surface covered irregularly with white and possibly blue spots which are flush with base glass. (B) Fragment of wall. Outer surface covered irregularly with elongated white spots which are flush with base glass. (C) Fragment of wall. Outer surface covered irregularly with white spots which are almost flush with base glass. (D) Fragment of wall. Outer surface covered irregularly with white spots (some elongated) which are flush with base glass. (E) Fragment of lower wall and base. Wall curves in at bottom; base flat. Outer surface covered irregularly with large white spots which are flush with base glass. (F) Fragment of wall, perhaps at bottom. Outer surface covered irregularly with white spots which are almost flush with base glass. (G) Fragment of wall. Outer surface covered irregularly with white spots which are almost flush with base glass.
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