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Object NameFragment
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1200-1299
TechniqueBlown, trailed, marvered, dragged
SizeOverall H: 3.5 cm, W: 1.7 cm; Estimate Diam: 9 cm
Accession Number73.1.25 F
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Betty Gruene Speir
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFragment. Fragment from wall of jar or bottle (?). Upper part of fragment (Th. 0.15 cm) curves out and down to greatest diameter, then tapers, terminating in what may be top of foot (but see below. Decoration consists of part of marvered trail wound spirally at least four times round circumference and dragged diagonally to produce appearance of twisted ribbons or rows of adjoining lozenges.
Provenance
Source Betty Gruene Speir - 1973
Former Collection George S. McKearin (b. 1874)
Transcendence
Karina Malling
2016
fragment
50 BCE-25 CE
inlay
25 BCE-99 CE
fragment
1350-1085 BCE
about 1200-1299 (a-c, e-f); possibly 600-799 (d)