Fragment of Wall Revetment Plaque

Object Name: 
Fragment of Wall Revetment Plaque

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Wall Revetment Plaque
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
probably Rome
Accession Number: 
66.1.116
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 7.5 cm, D: 7 cm, Th: 0.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
25 BCE-99 CE
Primary Description: 
Rods of opaque yellow stream irregularly through a translucent green matrix, dull, pitted, some surface incrustation; mosaic glass or millefiori technique, tooled and cut. Fragment preserves rounded edge of a cast mosaic glass panel imitating a green veined marble, all other edges and chipped and broken, tooling marks are apparent on one surface, opposite surface has been manually polished back and forth at an angle to the finished edge.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Sangiorgi, Sergio (Italian), Source
1966
Sangiorgi, Giorgio (Italian, 1886-1965), Former Collection
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Opaque yellow, trans. green
Technique: 
mosaic glass or millefiori technique, tooled, cut
tooling

Publications (1)

Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) pp. 249-250, #730; BIB# 29547