Cameo Glass Trulla Handle with Ram's Head Terminal

Place of OriginItaly, likely Rome or Bay of Naples

Dateabout 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)

DimensionsL: 4 1/4 in. (10.7 cm); W: 1 in. (2.5 cm)

MediumCameo glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1586

Not on View

DescriptionTwelve-sided, rod-like handle, originally part of a trulla (a small saucepan), made from dark glass. The end features a naturalistic cameo-cut ram's head in opaque white glass. Details include protruding eyes, flat pointed ears, curved ribbed horns, and stippled wool texture.

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.Published ReferencesRoberts, Paul, William Gudenrath, Veronica Tatton-Brown, and David Whitehouse, Roman Cameo Glass in the British Museum, London, British Museum Press, 2010, p. 58.