Fragment of Plaque or Inlay

Object Name: 
Fragment of Plaque or Inlay

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Plaque or Inlay
Place Made: 
possibly Greece, Peloponnese
possibly Greece, Crete
Accession Number: 
76.1.10
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.1 cm, W: 2.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1400-1250 BCE
Credit Line: 
Gift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Primary Description: 
Translucent deep blue glass, bubbly with patches of thick white iridescent weathering crust; mold-pressed. Rectangular plaque or inlay retains a large hemispherical convex center surrounded by relief dots from which eight rounded petals are symmetrically arranged, each petal is formed in two concave and concentric tongue-like elements.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Former Collection
Berkowitz, Carl, Source
1976-01-01
Content, Derek, Source
1976-01-01
Color: 
Translucent deep blue
Technique: 
Mold-Pressed

Publications (4)

Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 1) (1999) pp. 49, 249. 251; BIB# 61154
Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 2) (1999) p. 57; BIB# 61154
Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) illustrated, p. 94, #176; BIB# 29547
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith (Heidelberg) (1952) p. 5, no. 3 (group); BIB# 31788