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Imperial
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Translucent turquoise green; opaque white trail.
Solid globular object, possibly a finial for a pin or rod.
Trail applied at top and wound round and down seven times, ending on bottom, then tooled downward on four sides, forming shallow festoon pattern.
Complete, but polished chip on bottom; many pinprick bubbles; surface pitting.
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Title: Glass pinhead
Period: Imperial
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: Diam.: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Object Number: 91.1.1521
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