Fragment of Cameo Glass
Fragment of Cameo Glass
Place of OriginItaly, likely Rome or Bay of Naples
Dateabout 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
DimensionsW: 2 3/8 in.
MediumConventional pattern in opaque white on background of translucent cobalt blue.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1600
Not on View
DescriptionThis fragment of cameo glass displays a conventional decorative motif in opaque white layered over a translucent cobalt blue background. The design is executed in cameo technique, with the white glass deeply cut to reveal the underlying blue layer.
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.
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
probably 1st-2nd Century
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
Possibly early Imperial Period
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
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