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Object NameFinger Ring
Made FromGlass
Date1-199 or later
Place Madeprobably Roman Empire
Techniqueheated, manipulated, fused
SizeOverall Diam: 2.2 cm, Th: 0.3; Blob Diam: 0.6 cm
Accession Number66.1.7
Credit LineGift of Ray Winfield Smith
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent bluish green glass with deep blue translucent blob. Rod heated until soft, then bent into ring so that the ends met and fused on cooling; area of junction pinched and somewhat flattened to form bezel; blob dropped onto bezel and flattened. Circular to D-shaped cross-section, with slightly wider, flattened oval bezel, which is decorated with flattened circular blob.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1966-01-11
