fragment
Object NameFragment with Eagle
Made FromGlass
Date300-325
Techniqueblown or cast, wheel-cut, ground and polished
SizeOverall Diam: 7 cm, Th: .5 cm
Accession Number55.1.148
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Glass from the Ancient World
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless glass, with light yellowish green fracture; very small spherical bubbles; blown or cast; wheel-cut, ground and polished. Fragment from large object with convex outer surface; relief-cut decoration consists of part of eagle and foliage; eagle apparently shown frontally or almost so, with head turned to right: head, neck, and parts of breast and wings survive; head has curved beak and lens-shaped eye with prominent pupil; feathers on head, neck and breast indicated by overlapping-scale like motifs, each of which is hatched with two to four wheel-cut lines; right wing displayed; position of left wing uncertain; foliage: one pointed oval leaf and parts of three other leaves or stems, above and to left of eagle.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1955-12-13
