fragment
Object NamePossibly Fragment of Bottle
Made FromGlass
Date701-899
Techniqueblown, scratch-engraved
SizeOverall H: 4.5 cm; Base Th: 0.5 cm
Accession Number76.1.247
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPossibly Fragment of Bottle. Transparent deep blue glass; blown, scratch-engraved. Fragment of bottle(?), including just over 25 percent of edge of base. Lower wall is almost straight and tapers slightly before curving in at bottom; edge of base plain. Lower wall has horizontal band of decoration with one horizontal line forming border at bottom (top does not survive) and second horizontal line beneath it. Decoration consists of vertical lines (six of which survive); between each pair of lines, space is divided by vertical row of contiguous arcs, with area to right of arcs plain and area to left filled with transverse hatching.Provenance
Source
Derek Content
- 1976-01-01
Source
Carl Sandler Berkowitz
- 1976-01-01
Former Collection
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
