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Object NameFragment
Made FromGlass, Stain
Date800-999
Place Madeprobably Egypt
TechniqueBlown, yellow
SizeOverall Dim (max): 4.9 cm
Accession Number51.1.148-1
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFragment. Transparent blue, with very few bubbles; decorated in opaque lemon yellow and opaque orange yellow. Blown; stained. Fragment of large, closed vessel (description assumes thicker end is near shoulder). Wall (Th. 0.2 at top) is straight and splays before beginning to curve down and in (Th. 0.15 cm at bottom). Decorated on outside (from top to bottom): four horizontal orange-yellow lines, presumably continuous, of varying thickness; below them, parts of two curvilinear orange-yellow motifs, either stems or borders of medallions, which almost touch; in space between them, lemon-yellow dashes; part of indeterminate lemon-yellow motif remains inside one curved motif.
Provenance
Source Phocion J. Tano (Greek)
holder
probably 1800-1899
fragment
25 BCE-99 CE
pitcher
Corning Glass Works, Main Plant, "A" Factory
bead
possibly 1700-1799
candlestick
Mt. Washington Glass Company
1885-1890
sculpture
about 1700