fragment

Object NameFragment of Cup

Made FromGlass

Date1-25

Techniqueblown, cased, carved, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 2.2 cm, Th: 0.3 cm

Accession Number59.1.112

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Ontario Science Centre)

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Roman Empire

Physical DescriptionTranslucent green over opaque white on translucent reddish purple glasses; blown and cased (two layers), carved, ground, and polished. Cup: fragment of rim. Rim plain, with one lathe-cut groove 0.5 cm below lip on outside and similar groove 0.25 cm below lip on inside; upper wall vertical. Decorated in relief with white wing and white and green vegetal motifs. Wing consists of five long, curving parallel feathers, each with engraved rib and veins; it is raised, with tip pointing to left. Vegetation consists of vinescroll with narrow stalks, which extends across fragment from right to left, passing behind wing; stalk is white, scrolling leaf and part of another element are green over white. At right edge of fragment is white element, possibly part of creature with wing.

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