Cameo Glass Fragment with Floral Motif
Cameo Glass Fragment with Floral Motif
Place of OriginItaly, likely Rome or Bay of Naples
Dateabout 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
DimensionsL: 2 in. (5.0 cm); W: 1 1/4 in. (3.7 cm)
MediumCameo glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1592
Not on View
DescriptionThis fragment of layered cameo glass shows a floral design cut in opaque white over a translucent manganese-colored background. The motif appears to have been deeply carved to enhance the relief.
Label TextAcquired by Edward Drummond Libbey in 1919 from the family of Thomas Hulse Curtis. The Curtis collection was largely acquired in the 1890s from Charles Caryl Coleman, an American artist who resided first in Rome and later on the island of Capri. This collection history strongly suggests a findspot in or around Rome or the Bay of Naples.
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
1st century CE
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
Roman or 19th century?
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
1st century CE
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
19th century
1st-2nd century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
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