Cameo Glass Vessel Fragment with Floral Motif

Place of OriginItaly, likely Rome or Bay of Naples

Dateabout 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)

DimensionsL: 1 1/2 in. (3.7 cm); W: 1 in. (2.5 cm)

MediumCameo glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1555

Not on View

DescriptionThis curved fragment of cameo glass, possibly from a vase, is carved in opaque white glass over a translucent cobalt blue ground. The relief decoration features part of a floral motif. The carving is executed in low relief using the cameo technique.

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.