Glass mosaic fragment
Not on view
Rim fragment.
Translucent deep purple, blue, light blue appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Outsplayed, horizontal rim with rounded edge, turned down at acute angle to vertical side, tapering slightly downward.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of four canes: one in a purple ground with a ring of white dots around a central yellow rod; a second in a purple ground with a circle of yellow dots around a central red rod; a third in a purple ground with a lattice design of light blue rods outlined in yellow around a central fine yellow spiral, and the fourth in a blue ground with indeterminate white threads.
Chipped outer edge of rim; polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, pitting, and creamy brown weathering on exterior and edge of rim; jagged edges unweathered.
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