Spindle Whorl

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Object Name: 
Spindle Whorl
Place Made: 
possibly Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
81.1.686
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam: 3.3 cm, Th: 0.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1-499
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Ray Winfield Smith
Primary Description: 
Translucent bluish green and translucent greenish colorless, both very bubbly; opaque dark brown and opaque yellow inlays. Spindle whorl: tooled and inlaid; circular, with central perforation and plano-convex cross section. Convex upper surface is inlaid with three circular sections of yellow cane with brown center, their positions seemingly marking angles of equilateral triangle.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Former Collection
Smith, Mrs. Ray Winfield, Source
1981-12-07
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Translucent bluish-green,brown
brown
Technique: 
stamped or molded with inlaid sections of cane

Publications (1)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Three (2003) illustrated, pp. 56, 217, #980; BIB# 58895