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
13th century
Second half of the first century CE
Second half of the first century CE
1900-1910
Probably second half of the first century
1st century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
First half of the first century
1st-2nd century CE
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