Handle with Signature

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Object Name:

Department

Ancient

Category

Origins of Glassmaking

Maker(s)

Artas, Maker

Place Made:

Eastern Mediterranean

Date:

1-99

Color

AAT

dark blue

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  - colors (ref)
    - chromatic colors (ref)
      - dark blue (ref)

Technique

AAT

off-hand process

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  - off-hand process (ref)

AAT

stamping

Activities Facet (ref)
- Processes and Techniques (ref)
  - forming (ref)
    - stamping (ref)

Material

AAT

glass

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      - glass (ref)

Dimensions:

Overall W: 2.3 cm

Accession Number:

59.1.74

Location:

On Display

Description

Translucent dark blue glass; tooled and stamped. Vertical handle; flat thumb-piece with rounded end, stamped on both surfaces: above, "ARTAS/SIDON"; below "ARTAC/CEIDW".

Inscription

APTAC CEI [...] (N)

stamp

underside

ARTAS SIDON

stamp

top

Provenance

Smith, Ray Winfield, Source

1959-07-27

Exhibitions (1)
Publications (2)

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15

Publications

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) p. 94, #136A-B; p. 337, #136; BIB# 58895

Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) pp. 96-97, #165b; BIB# 27315

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