Dish or Lid
Dish or Lid
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumCast from canes.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1876
Not on View
DescriptionA small dish; alternatively, the lid of a pyxis. Upright rim with rounded edge; short, straight side proceeding diagonally downward; flat bottom. Network mosaic pattern formed from a colorless cane wound spirally with an opaque white thread. A light blue network cane wound spirally with an opaque white thread is attached as a rim.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 406, p. 302, color pl., p. 222.2nd to 1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
probably second century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
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