Glass striped mosaic cup fragment

Roman

Not on view

Rim and side of a cup or beaker.

Translucent blue, purple appearing honey brown, light blue appearing green, opaque yellow and white, and colorless.

Vertical, rounded rim; straight side, slanting in downward.

Striped pattern formed from lengths of different canes, repeated in parallel, almost vertical lines in a combination of lengths and network canes, including one cane in yellow outlined in white, flanked by honey brown, and colorless network canes with white spiral threads; another in fine lengths of blue, green and white together with purple network canes with yellow spiral threads; and a third with lengths in cobalt and turquoise blue with a blue network cane with a white spiral thread. A broad colorless network cane with a double spiral thread is attached as a rim. On exterior below rim, a deep horizontal curved groove flanked above and below with a fine incised line.

Interior polished; dulling, pitting, and patches of iridescent weathering on exterior; some weathering on jagged edges.

Glass striped mosaic cup fragment, Glass, Roman

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