cameo; plaque

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Object Type: cameo; plaque
Museum number: 1886,1117.30
Description: Fragment of a plaque in translucent blue and opaque white cameo glass. There is possibly part of a scene, in white, showing the legs of a figure standing on, or in front of, a stepped structure.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1-50 (circa); 1stC AD; 15 BC - AD 25 (Roberts et al 2010)
Production place: Made in: Rome (city) (probably)
Materials
Technique: carved; cast
Dimensions: Height: 1.50 centimetres; Thickness: 0.40 centimetres (blue); Thickness: 0.10 centimetres (white); Thickness: 0.50 centimetres; Width: 4.50 millimetres
Curator's comments: Findspot unrecorded.
Bibliographic references: Tatton-Brown et al 2007 / Roman Cameo Glass (60); Roberts et al 2010 / Roman Cameo Glass in the British Museum (52); Glass 2 / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Glass, Volume 2 (483); Howells 2015 / A Catalogue of the Late Antique Gold Glass in the British Museum (p.21)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1886
Acquisition notes: Probably acquired in Rome.
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1886,1117.30

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