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The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) (r) is a structured vocabulary for generic concepts related to art and architecture. It was developed by The Getty Research Institute to help research institutions become consistent in the terminology they use.Learn More
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Primary Description:
Ewer. Transparent amber glass with impurities and small bubbles; body and neck blown in four-part mold, handle applied. Jug with cylindrical neck, ovoid body and pedestal base (missing). Rim outsplayed, folded upward and inward; wide cylindrical neck; trace of pedestal base; handle with two ribs, which rises above and overhangs mouth, attached to shoulder and rim. Mold-blown decoration in four registers on neck and body: (a) on neck, vertical flutes with rounded ends, with four cordons beneath; (b) on shoulder, continuous spray of alternate upright and inverted palmettes, attached to lowest cordon beneath (a); (c) beneath three cordons, band of honeycomb pattern of many lozenges, with tabula ansata containing inscription "ENNIωN/ EПOIEI" ('Ennion makes [it]') in Greek; (d) with two cordons above and below, vertical flutes rounded at top.
Exhibitions (4)

Venue(s)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 2014-12-09 through 2015-04-13
Corning Museum of Glass 2015-05-16 through 2016-01-04
At the end of the first century B.C., glassmakers working in the environs of Jerusalem made a revolutionary breakthrough in the way glass was made. They discovered that glass could be inflated at the end of a hollow tube. This technical achievement—glassblowing—made the production of glass vessels much quicker and easier, and allowed glassmakers to develop new shapes and decorative techniques.
One technique, inflating glass in molds carved with decorative and figural designs, was used to create multiple examples of a variety of vessel shapes with high-relief patterns. The molds used to shape this ancient glass were complex in their design, and the mold-blown glass vessels of ancient Rome tell a wealth of stories about the ancient world, from gladiators to perfume vessels, from portraits of a Roman empress to oil containers marked with the image of Mercury, Roman god of trade.
Among the earliest workshops to design and create mold-blown glass was one in which a man named Ennion worked. Ennion was the first glassmaker to sign his glass objects by incorporating his name into the inscriptions that formed part of the mold’s design, and thus he stands among a small group of glass workers whose names have come down to us from antiquity.
On view through January, 4, 2016, Ennion and His Legacy, is composed of mold-blown master works by Ennion and other Roman glassmakers. The works are drawn from the Corning Museum’s collection of Roman glass, one of the finest in the world.
Within the larger exhibit is a smaller exhibit organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ennion: Master of Roman Glass, which focuses specifically on works made by Ennion. Composed of loans from a number of international institutions and private collections this exhibit within an exhibit brings together many of the known examples of Ennion’s wares and will be on view through October 19, 2015.

Glass of the Caesars
Venue(s)
British Museum 1987-11-18 through 1988-03-06
Romisch-Germanisches Museum 1988-04-15 through 1988-10-18
Musei Capitolini 1988-11-03 through 1989-01-31
Corning Museum of Glass

Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15

An Exhibition of Augustan Art
Venue(s)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 1939
Publications (54)
Ancient and Islamic Glass: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2019)
illustrated, pp. 59-60;
The Decanter: Ancient to Modern (2018)
illustrated, p. 206 (fig. 1);
Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass from Ancient Rome (Antiques and The Arts Weekly) (2015-07-10)
illustrated, p. 9C (bottom row);
BIB# AI100463
Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass from Ancient Rome (The Gather) (2015)
illustrated, p. 5;
Through the Looking Glass: A Set of Table Goblets at Palazzo Falson, Mdina (2015)
illustrated, p. 48 (right);
BIB# AI101298
The Corning Museum of Glass (2009-01)
illustrated, p. 234, Fig. 4;
The Decanter: An Illustrated History of Glass from 1650 (2004)
illustrated, p. 281, pl. 395;
BIB# 67221
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 30;
BIB# 68214
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Two (2001)
illustrated, pp. 19-20, pl. 483;
BIB# 58895
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999)
illustrated, p. 10;
BIB# 63967
Enciclopedia Dell'Arte Antica, classica e orientale (1997)
illustrated, p. 1024, fig. 1300, right;
La Fenice di Sabbia: Storia e Tecnologia del vetro Antico (1995)
illustrated, p. 27, fig. 41; p. 28; p. 40, pl. 41;
BIB# 39935
Das Glas in der Antike (1992)
p. 150;
L'Histoire du Verre: A Travers Les Tresors du Musee de Corning (1990)
illustrated, p. 58;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990)
illustrated, pp. 42-43, pl. 13;
BIB# 33819
Title Unknown (New England Antiques Journal) (1987-03)
illustrated, p. 10;
Book of Glass (1986)
p. 40;
Roman Glass in Italy: The Origin of An Industry (1984)
illustrated, p. 50;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980)
pp. 42-43, pl. 13;
BIB# 20953
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1974) (1974)
illustrated, p. 17, #12;
BIB# 28793
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1965) (1965)
illustrated, p. 17, #12;
BIB# 27582
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957)
illustrated, pp. 56-57, #67;
BIB# 27315
Houston Chronicle (1939-09-07)
Romano-Syrian Glasses with Mould-Blown Inscriptions (1935)
p. 168;