fragment

Object NameFragment

Made FromGlass, Enamel, Gilding

Date1275-1299

Place MadeSyria, probably Damascus

TechniqueBlown, enameled, gilded

SizeBase Diam: 9 cm, P.H.: 3.9 cm

Accession Number73.1.36-1

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Betty Gruene Speir

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionFragment. Colorless glass, with yellowish-green tinge; bubbly, probably blown, enameled, gilded. Large, thick-walled vessel; possibly a beaker or bottle; fragment preserves vessel wall and part of base with applied thick trail at base; pattern of red enameled loops lightly drawn to form register of peaks or heart-shape elements which form register above base; gilt decoration over this has worn away.
Provenance

Source Betty Gruene Speir - 1973

Former Collection George S. McKearin (b. 1874)