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Object NameFragment of Beaker
Made FromGlass
Date800-1099
Techniqueblown, linear-cut
SizeOverall H: 5.7 cm
Accession Number2009.1.1
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with yellowish tinge. Blown; linear-cut. Wall (Th. 0.1 cm) is straight and tapering. Linear-cut decoration consists of part of frieze (W. 3.3 cm) bordered at top and bottom by pair of horizontal grooves. Surviving part of frieze has decoration with grooved outlines and incised details. It consists of two horizontal zigzags composed of adjoining oval elements, all filled with transverse hatching, which descend from upper border and point upward from lower border; in spaces between them, single crosshatched lozenges; in spaces between zigzags and borders, pairs of short vertical lines.
Provenance
Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)
Source Derek Content
Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz
fragment
1275-1299
Opus Sectile
perhaps 1-99
Opus Sectile
perhaps 1-99
Opus Sectile
perhaps 1-99
fragment
701-899
vessel
Werkstatt für Glasveredlung
1970