Thumb Rest or Plaque

Object Name: 
Thumb Rest or Plaque

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Object Name: 
Thumb Rest or Plaque
Place Made: 
Near East
Accession Number: 
59.1.467
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.4 cm, W: 3.5 cm, Th: 0.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Applied and hotworked; linear-cut, with openwork and minimal slant cutting. Fragment of vertical thumb-rest from top of handle. Fragment (Th. 0.15–0.25 cm) is flat or almost flat, has two keyhole-shaped vertical perforations (H. 1.7 cm, Max. W. 0.8 cm), and is decorated on one face only. Decoration is symmetrical about vertical axis. It consists of, between perforations, vertical element (W. 0.3 cm) embellished with crescent-shaped notches; outside perforations, two elongated S-shaped elements covered with groups of vertical and horizontal cuts, which terminate at top in outward-facing birds’ heads, shown in profile, with hooked beaks and eyes consisting of countersunk dots defined by slant cutting.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1959-07-27
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
Almost colorless, with yellowish tint
Technique: 
Manipulated and cut

Exhibitions (1)

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

Publications (3)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, p. 239, #396; BIB# 113723
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) p. 279, #586; BIB# 27315
Catalogue des Verres Antiques de la Collection Ray Winfield Smith (1954) p. 49, #297 (group); BIB# 28196