cup
Object NamePatella Cup
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean
TechniqueMosaic glass technique, ground, polished
SizeOverall H: 4 cm; Rim Diam: 9.6 cm
Accession Number55.1.82
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Glass from the Ancient World
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg
The Fragrant Past: Perfumes of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar
Glass of the Caesars
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless glass matrix with canes of opaque red, opaque yellow, opaque yellowish green and opaque white, and with face canes of opaque white, opaque yellow, opaque yellowish green and translucent amethyst on translucent blue background; mosaic glass technique, ground and polished. Cup with double-convex profile and footring; thin, flat-topped rim, with shallow groove on inside, immediately below lip; side has double-convex profile, with narrow upper bulge and broad lower bulge, rounded at bottom. Vessel formed of diamond-shaped canes arranged in groups of four to form larger diamonds, each group consisting of either two opaque red and two opaque yellow canes or two opaque yellowish green and two opaque white canes; groups placed alternately. Four sections of squarish cane with female bust cast in body roughly equidistant from each other near base. Face cane has opaque white head and shoulders, translucent amethyst hair, and features outlined in amethyst except for thin green mouth; necklace of yellow with green spray. Applied foot consists of coil formed from mosaic canes.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1955-09-09
