cane
Object NameFalcon or Hawk Cane
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; Egypt; Italy
Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique
SizeOverall H: 1.3 cm, Diam: 0.9 cm
Accession Number66.1.91
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque white, opaque yellow, opaque brick-red, opaque deep medium blue, opaque light green, opaque translucent yellow-green and translucent amethyst glass, bubbly, somewhat pitted and dull; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. In a square medium deep blue cane stands a falcon or hawk facing left with white beak, red head and alternating white and yellow body with red legs; area around eye and behind head is highlighted with amethyst while the wing is elaborately picked out in yellow and green on a translucent yellow-green ground with opaque white chips, tips of the wings are also delineated in this fashion and the tail feather is a series of amethyst squares divided by yellow, the square cane is encased with similar blue glass to form round frame which is in turn cased with brick-red glass.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1966
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
