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Object NameTwisted Glass Rod

Made FromGlass

Date25 BCE-99 CE

Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Rome

Techniquetooled, trail-decorated

SizeOverall H: 8 cm, Diam: 0.8 cm

Accession Number66.1.132

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionDeep translucent amethyst glass appearing black, spirally twisted and wound with a single trail of opaque white, a second trail of another color is completely weathered; tooled and trail-decorated. Fragment preserves long rod circular in cross section.
Provenance

Source Sergio Sangiorgi (Italian) - 1966

Former Collection Giorgio Sangiorgi (Italian, 1886-1965)