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Object NameFragment of Cup
Made FromGlass
Date701-899
Techniqueblown, scratch-engraved
SizeOverall H: 5.1 cm
Accession Number76.1.237
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent blue glass with small bubbles; blown, scratch-engraved. Fragment of cylindrical cup, including small part of rim. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall descends almost vertically. Exterior of wall has scratch-engraved ornament (from top to bottom): four horizontal lines, bottom two of which are close together and form upper border of broad band containing part of triangular panel; inside panel is leaf with lobed sides and open end, enlivened with hatched oval motif and hatched background; to right, and separated from it by narrow undecorated strip, corner of inverted triangle, with edge of leaf with lobed side and hatched background.
Provenance
Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01
Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01
Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)
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