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fragment

Object NameFragment
Made FromGlass, Stain
Date900-1099
TechniqueBlown, stained
SizeOverall Dim (max): 4.8 cm
Accession Number68.1.58-312
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFragment. Transparent light greenish blue; decorated in deep reddish brown and purplish blue. Blown; stained. Fragment: perhaps cylindrical. Wall (Th. 0.25 cm) straight and perhaps vertical. Decorated on both sides. On outside, outlined in reddish brown: vegetal motifs, possibly joined pair of circles or scrolls, one of which has small open circle at center and tendril on outer side, surmounted by trefoil. Stain has narrow yellow “halos.” On inside: patches of purplish blue (when seen through glass) behind vegetal motifs.
Provenance
Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1968
Transcendence
Karina Malling
2016
fragment
1400-1085 BCE
inlay
25 BCE-99 CE
Whitefriars Inkwell
Whitefriars Glass Ltd.
about 1850-1860
Corning Glass Works, Fallbrook
about 1944-1946