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Translucent blue; opaque white trail.
Circular cross section; upper end tooled into two rounded arms, tapering to a point, with narrow oval eye; lower end tapering to a rounded point.
Upper end decorated with marvered spiral trail.
Intact, except for point of upper end, which has weathered broken edge; dulling and creamy brown weathering.
Blue glass with enameled head.
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Title: Glass needle
Period: Early Imperial
Date: ca. 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; drawn, trailed, and tooled
Dimensions: 1/4 × 6 3/4 × 1/8 in. (0.6 × 17.1 × 0.3 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
Accession Number: 15.43.261
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