ROMAN GLASS VESSEL WITH THUMB-PAD 4th-6th century AD A mould-blown iridescent glass vessel with drum-shaped body and tubular neck, rolled rim, bands of fine applied decoration; slender round-section handler with applied spherical thumb-pad; mounted on a custom-made stand. 232 grams, 12.5cm including stand (5"). [No Reserve] Condition Fine condition. Provenance Property of a Hampshire, UK collector; acquired late 1980s. Literature See Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.3, New York, 2003, item 1189 for type.
ROMAN GLASS VESSEL WITH THUMB-PAD 4th-6th century AD A mould-blown iridescent glass vessel with drum-shaped body and tubular neck, rolled rim, bands of fine applied decoration; slender round-section handler with applied spherical thumb-pad; mounted on a custom-made stand. 232 grams, 12.5cm including stand (5"). [No Reserve] Condition Fine condition. Provenance Property of a Hampshire, UK collector; acquired late 1980s. Literature See Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.3, New York, 2003, item 1189 for type.
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