fragment
Object NamePossibly Fragment of Bottle
Made FromGlass
Date701-899
Techniqueblown, scratch-engraved
SizeOverall H: 2.5 cm, Diam: 5.9 cm
Accession Number76.1.246
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. Bottom of wall (Th. 0.35 cm at top of fragment) curves down and in toward base (Th. 0.5 cm at bottom of fragment). Exterior is decorated with three bands of scratch-engraved ornament separated by narrow undecorated strips (from top to bottom): (1) small surviving part is covered with transverse hatching; (2) row of plain upright isosceles triangles alternating with vertically hatched inverted isosceles triangles; and (3) row of adjoining tongues, which radiate from center of object and have rounded ends; area between ends of tongues and border is 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)
