fragment

Object NameFragment of Skyphos Handle

Made FromGlass

Date75-1 BCE

Techniquecast, lathe-cut

SizeOverall H: 3.5 cm; Rim Estimate Diam: 9 cm

Accession Number59.1.567-7

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire; possibly Italy; possibly Egypt

Physical DescriptionTranslucent blue-green or seagreen glass, bubbly with patches of brown iridescent weathering crust on exterior surface; cast and lathe-cut. Fragment preserves handle, rim and part of body, flared and thickened rim is cut on interior with two lathe-cut grooves, wall bends in and down as far as preserved. Along outer edge of rim one section of the elaborate horizontal scroll attachment is preserved as well as the vertical handle, both rests are broken away but the exterior surface of the fingerhole is cut with an angular offset ridge.
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