knob
Object NameFurniture Knob
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1360 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquecore-formed, possibly gathered, trail-decorated
SizeOverall H: 2.7 cm, Diam: 4.1 cm
Accession Number68.1.30
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue glass with greenish tinge, opaque yellow, opaque white and translucent aquamarine glass, bubbly with much white stone, dull with some pitting, otherwise unweathered; core-formed or possibly gathered directly on a metal rod, trail-decorated an tooled. Roughly circular face, in profile the knob resembles a pulley with two marked convex sides and a central concave area for grasping, the center of the front is highlighted with a large yellow dot marvered into the surface with a small blue eye roughly in the center, around this is trailed a ring of translucent bluish-green glass spirally wound with white, the same trail decorates the circumference of each face; 3 mm. diameter hole on back extends 2.6 cm. through body, obvious swirl pattern evident around this forming hole on back.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1968-03-20
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
