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marble
marble

marble

Object NameMarble
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1850-1910
Place MadeGermany
Techniquelampwork
Accession Number63.3.88-141
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Homer G. Anderson
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, blue, green, red, white, yellow non-lead glasses; lampwork. Spherical, enclosing a double-series twist, with three blue-and-white striped spirals at the center, with numerous large air bubbles; encircled by six spiral threads, three green and yellow alternating with three red and yellow, polished.
Provenance
Source Mrs. Homer G. Anderson - 1963
inlay
about 300-50 BCE
figurine
Vittorio Costantini
about 1985-1989
fragment
99-1 BCE (possibly earlier)