24 Wall Revetment Tiles

Object Name: 
24 Wall Revetment Tiles

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Object Name: 
24 Wall Revetment Tiles
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
64.1.218
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
25 BCE-99 CE
Credit Line: 
Bequest of the Estate of George S. McKearin
Primary Description: 
Translucent green, translucent yellow-green, translucent blue-green and translucent grey-blue matrices with round canes of the same color cased with thick opaque yellow glass, all are dull and weathered; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Many fragments appear to be long, thin rectangular strips, three preserve opaque red and opaque white embedded randomly in surface, grey-blue elements have opaque white glass casing grey-blue circular canes.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1964-09-09
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
multicolored
Technique: 
mosaic glass
millefiori glass
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) illustrated, p. 250, #732-734, pl. 34; BIB# 29547

Objects in Set (24)

Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-1
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-2
 
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-3
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-4
 
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-5
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-6
 
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-8
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-9
 
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-7
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-10
 
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-11
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-12
 
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-13
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-14
 
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-15
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-16
 
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-17
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-18
 
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-19
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-20
 
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-21
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-22
 
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-23
Wall Revetment Tile
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:64.1.218-24