Linen Smoother

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Object Name: 
Linen Smoother
Place Made: 
possibly Western Europe
Accession Number: 
59.1.291
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.8 cm, Diam: 6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
700-1099
Primary Description: 
Opaque black glass; surface heavily corroded large sections of thick encrusted top layer flaked off, heavy brownish weathering and iridescence; molded or tooled; hemispherical object of solid glass, with concave base and very rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Feldmann Collection, Former Collection
1933-04-10
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1959-07-27
Color: 
Opaque black
Technique: 
molded or tooled

Exhibitions (3)

Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery
Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15
 
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith
Venue(s)
Museum Dahlem 1951-09 through 1951-11

Publications (4)

Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants (2010) illustrated, p. 119, #18; BIB# 115588
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) illustrated, pp. 218-219, #441; BIB# 27315
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith (Museum Dahlem) (1951) p. 10 (#72); BIB# 31796
Archaologische kunst: Romische und Griechische ausgrabungen: glaser, keramik. (1933-04-10) #216; BIB# 7593