Fragment of Revetment Plaque
Fragment of Revetment Plaque
Place of OriginItaly, probably Rome
Date1st century BCE - 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
MediumGlass; cast, polished on the upperside; underside left unpolished.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1854
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of revetment plaque. Marbled pattern in an opaque green ground with tiny serpentine streaks of opaque yellow. Upper- and undersides flat.
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. 660, p. 368.
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
3rd to 1st century BCE
2nd century BCE to 1st century CE, possibly later
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