plate

Object NamePlate/Mosaic Plaque

Made FromGlass

Date99 BCE-99 CE

TechniqueCast with mosaic glass inlay

SizeOverall H: 5.2 cm, W: 4 cm, Th: 0.6 cm

Accession Number65.1.7

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Treasures in Glass

Place Made

Roman Empire; possibly Alexandria; possibly Rome

Physical DescriptionOpaque medium blue ground inlaid with canes of light grey and dark grey with amethyst striations, also grey with yellow swirls, surface spalled with devitrification, some pitting; cast with mosaic glass inlay. Fragment of a plate of plaque of considerable thickness which preserves the tail of a fish composed of thin bands of dark grey with amethyst streaks alternating with wider band of light grey, below is a circular nodule of glass inlay consisting of a yellow and grey swirl. One side of the fragment appears to have been ground and may represent the perimeter of a substantial plaque.
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