Pointed Rod (Needle)
Pointed Rod (Needle)
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Dateabout 1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsL: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm); W: 5/16 in. (0.8 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2407A
Not on View
DescriptionElongated linear bubbles. A few sandy impurities.
Medium blue; white decoration; both ends pointed; one end flattened; with central oval opening, applied white thread in center runs length of piece.
Opaque white, cased in translucent dark blue. Opaque white thread.
Drawn rod made from two colored canes. Added thread. Hole of needle chipped out when glass was cool but not cold, before annealing.
Solid rod with two pointed ends, one end flattened, with central oval opening.
Sixteen revolutions of thin white thread at head of needle.
Glass; drawn and tooled.
Probably mid- or third quarter of the first century
about 350-300 BCE
250-150 BCE
1st century CE
late 18th century
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Probably third to early fourth century
1st century CE
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