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Translucent cobalt blue, with opaque white trail.
Domed body, flattened at center; flat bottom; vertical hole.
Trail applied to upper surface in a spiral from center to outer edge.
Intact; some dulling, pitting, and faint weathering.
Made by winding trail in a spiral around rod.
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Title: Glass spindle whorl
Period: Early to Mid Imperial
Date: ca. 1st–2nd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; rod-formed and wound
Dimensions: Height: 3/8 x 1 in. (1 x 2.5 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.830
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