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Translucent dark blue, appearing opaque black.
Slightly oval band, broad and narrow in section on one side, thin and deep on the other; no visible seam but tooling marks on inner surface.
Outer surface decorated with thirty-nine vertical or globular ribs.
Intact, except for chip and crack through band; dulling and patches of iridescent weathering.
Blue bracelet.
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Title: Glass bracelet
Period: Late Imperial
Date: 4th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; drawn and tooled
Dimensions: Overall: 5/16 x 2 3/16in. (0.8 x 5.5cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Object Number: 74.51.351
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