plate
Object NamePlate/Mosaic Plaque
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Alexandria; possibly Rome
TechniqueCast with mosaic glass inlay
SizeOverall H: 5.2 cm, W: 4 cm, Th: 0.6 cm
Accession Number65.1.7
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Treasures in Glass
Not On View
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.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1965
