Roman glass

A ROMAN GLASS JUG CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. Pale green in color, free-blown, with a spherical body, a long cylindrical neck and a funnel mouth, with an applied ring below the rim, a thick applied braided festoon low on the neck, on an outsplayed tooled foot, the ribbed strap handle pulled up from the shoulders, folded on the underside and over the interior of the rim 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) high

Glass (colorless and opaque), Alexandrian, Late 2nd century C.E., Allegedly from Alexandria H. 14.56 cm. Blown colourless glass decorated with applied opaque white tooled trails referred to as snake-thread. Condition: the foot a modern repair; a crack around the lower body consolidated with transparent glue. Slight dulling to minor parts of the colourless glass owing to weathering. The trails depict waders in a poetic representation of reeds and vegetable growth (along the banks of a river…

Antique Glass Bottles From The Allaire Collection The earliest glass bottles were produced in Egypt, Syria, Greece and Cyprus as early as 1500 BC using the core forming techniques. Around 50 BC, p…

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Said to be from Amiens, France (Froehner 1879, p. 139, pl. XXI, 91.) Until 1881, collection of Jules Charvet, Le Pecq, Île-de-France; 1881, purchased from J. Charvet by Henry G. Marquand; acquired in 1881, gift of Henry G

archaicwonder: “Roman Purple Ribbed Glass Bowl, 1st Century AD”

Portland or Barberini Vase - made between 5 and 25 CE - on display at British Museum. Unearthed near Rome in 1582, it's considered the most famous example of cameo glass of the ancient world. The vase passed adventurously through several hands before being loaned to the British Museum by the Duchess of Portland in 1810. In 1845, the nineteen y.o William Lloyd repeatedly struck the vase, reducing it to about 200 pieces before being stopped by attendants.

CIRCA LATE 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.

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CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.

Said to be from Divodurum (modern Metz, France) Until 1881, collection of Jules Charvet, Le Pecq, Île-de-France; 1881, purchased from J. Charvet by Henry G. Marquand; acquired in 1881, gift of Henry G

Gold band glass, 1st century B.C.E. When glass bands imbedded with gold flakes are mixed into the color bands of a marble glass form, the glass is referred to as "gold band glass." This work has an indigo semi-translucent glass cylindrical body covered with glass bands of semi-translucent green, white on blue ground, white on brown ground, and translucent with gold flake bands. This set of bands is then repeated six times across the vertical expanse of the jar in wavy, melted forms. The…

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.

5.5 inches (13.97cm) high

archaicwonder: “ Iridescent Roman Glass Jug, 1st-2nd Century AD ”

CIRCA 1ST HALF OF THE 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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