Plate
Plate
Place of OriginAncient Rome
DateAbout 1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsDiam: 7 1/16 in. (19 cm)
MediumGlass; cast, lathe-turned and polished.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1948.15
Not on View
DescriptionThick glass.
Transparent, decolorized with a pale olive tinge ( 10 Y 6/2).
Cast in a mold (or sagged?). Polished. Wheel-cut.
Rounded rim. Flat plate with slightly concave profile. Base ring.
A wheel-cut groove around rim on upperside. On underside, a narrow circular band cut in relief surrounding a pattern of incised rosettes and petals: two rosettes alternate with one petal four times in outer circle surrounding a single rosette at center of plate.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, 20, 1978, p. 85, repr. fig. 22.Exhibition HistoryWorcester Art Museum; Cleveland Museum of Art; Baltimore Museum of Art, Antioch: the Lost Ancient City, 2000-2001.
150-100 BCE
Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
Late 3rd to mid-4th century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
about 100 BCE
1st century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Probably late 18th-19th century
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
Late fourth century BCE
Third to first century BCE
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