23 Fragments of Twisted Glass Rods

Object Name: 
23 Fragments of Twisted Glass Rods

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Object Name: 
23 Fragments of Twisted Glass Rods
Place Made: 
probably Rome
Accession Number: 
59.1.568
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
25 BCE-99 CE
Primary Description: 
Rods of primarily translucent deep blue, several medium blue-green and translucent amethyst spirally wound with an opaque white trail, pitted and weathered; spirally wound, tooled and trail-decorated. Fragments primarily of architectural rods however two spirally twisted rods of bluish-green, one opaque light green and one medium blue rod without trail-decoration may represent stirring rods or pins as one small section preserves a portion of a flattened head.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Guttmann, Former Collection
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1959-07-27
Color: 
multicolored
white
Technique: 
tooling
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) p. 246, #721; BIB# 29547

Objects in Set (23)

Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-1
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-4
 
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-2
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-3
 
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-5
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-6
 
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-7
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-8
 
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-12
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-9
 
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-10
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-11
 
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-13
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-14
 
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-15
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-16
 
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-17
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-18
 
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-19
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-20
 
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-21
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-22
 
Fragment of Twisted Glass Rod
Date:25 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.568-23