Fragment of Rectangular Tray or Platter

Object Name: 
Fragment of Rectangular Tray or Platter

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Rectangular Tray or Platter
Accession Number: 
59.1.567-10
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 7.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
25 BCE-99 CE
Primary Description: 
Deep blue glass, pitted with patches of thin white iridescence flaking away; cast and polished. The fragment preserves a segment of floor and low wall of a small tray with stylized scroll-type horizontal handle, a small semi-circular tab sits on either side of the concave sided tab.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1959-07-27
Category: 
Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) illustrated, p. 152, #323, pl. 39; BIB# 29547