plaque
Object NamePlaque with Flowers
Made FromGlass
Date99-75 BCE (possibly earlier)
Place MadeEgypt
TechniqueMosaic or millefiori technique
SizeOverall H: 4.3 cm, W: 6.1 cm
Accession Number59.1.529
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionPlaque with Flowers. Translucent greyish medium blue glass matrix, bubbly, irregular backing of turbid yellow-green with stripe of amethyst, canes of opaque white, opaque yellow, opaque red, translucent yellow-green and green glass; mosaic glass or millefiori technique, repolished recently. Roughly horizontal section of an inlay, bottom surface apparently intact. The major design element a central thistle-like flower, globular green sepal, slight indication of scale pattern in translucent blue (?), feathery thistle radiate out in yellow with white tips, long saw-tooth leaf, on either side of this central yellow thistle is a smaller thistle shape flower with similar leaves and sepal but with red crown rays cased in yellow, the ends are rounded; on either side an irregular petal element of a red center with yellow-white, turbid white and red elements, above each is a star-like flower, yellow-centered with colorless greenish dots and six white pointed leaves; this motif is repeated above a second time as well as a yellow-green element cased with yellow and surmounted by a yellow-green oval cased with a thick yellow band with a single row of amethyst dots.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
