Pyxis with Lid
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Pyxis with Lid
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH (with cover): 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); H (without cover): 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm); H (cover): 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Diam (top of inkwell): 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
MediumGlass; blown, with applied decoration.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.557A-B
Not on View
DescriptionBlue inkwell and cover with white decoration. Cover: inverted conical shape; knob at top.
Inkwell: cylindrical shape; small mouth; top and bottom edges tooled to form ridges; cover and inkwell with faded white splatter decoration.
Published ReferencesAuth, Susan H., Ancient Glass at the Newark Musuem, 1976, fig. 145, p. 119.
Hayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, fig. 129, p. 55.
Grose, David, "The Formation of the Roman Glass Industry," Archaeology, vol. 36, no. 4, July/Aug. 1983, repr. (col.) p. 39.
Second half of the first century CE
Second half of the first century CE
Second half of the first century CE
13th century
Probably second half of the first century
1900-1910
1st century CE
1st-2nd century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
First half of the first century
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