Cylindrical Box

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Object Name: 
Cylindrical Box
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Eastern Mediterranean
Accession Number: 
75.1.115
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.5 cm; Upper Flange Diam (max): 6.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 50-100
Primary Description: 
Very deep translucent amber glass, appearing black; blown and tooled. Cylindrical box with plain vertical rim rounded at lip, vertical side with folded horizontal flange at top and bottom; sagging base, which rises slightly at center; trace of circular pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1974-12-12
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Very deep translucent amber
Technique: 
blown, tooled

Exhibitions (1)

Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15

Publications (3)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) p. 199, #348; p. 361, #348; BIB# 58895
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) p. 55, #65; BIB# 27315
Catalogue des Verres Antiques de la Collection Ray Winfield Smith (1954) p. 23, #92; BIB# 28196