fragment
Object NameFragment
Made FromGlass, Gold Foil
Date1-50
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Italy
Techniquecast (mosaic glass technique), lathe-cut, polished
SizeOverall H: 2.8 cm, W: 4.8 cm
Accession Number66.1.104
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionCanes of various colors including colorless laminating gold foil; cast (mosaic glass technique); lathe-cut and polished. Cylindrical box; wall tapers and curves in at bottom, with two lathe-cut grooves at junction with base. Decorated with canes of various colors arranged in sections. Surviving section has, from center outwards, translucent amber cased with opaque white; translucent green laminating opaque white and cased with opaque white; translucent amethyst cased with opaque white; colorless laminating gold foil; (composite band of translucent amber flanked with translucent blue and translucent amethyst, all cased with opaque white; colorless laminating gold foil; translucent amethyst cased with opaque white; translucent green cased with opaque white; translucent amber cased with opaque white; translucent green cased with opaque white.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1966
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
