cameo; plaque

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Object Type: cameo; plaque
Museum number: 1886,1117.31
Description: Fragment of a plaque in three-layer translucent dark blue and opaque white cameo glass. The translucent dark blue is partly sandwiched between opaque white. The decoration, in white, may show fruit (a quince?) with leaves, or perhaps a large stemmed flower with circular centre and several flamboyant petals.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1-25 (circa); 1stC AD; 15 BC - AD 25 (Roberts et al 2010)
Production place: Made in: Rome (city) (probably)
Materials
Technique: carved; cast
Dimensions: Height: 3.40 centimetres; Length: 4.30 centimetres; Thickness: 0.15 centimetres (blue); Thickness: 0.05 centimetres (lower white); Thickness: 0.20 centimetres (upper white); Thickness: 0.50 centimetres
Curator's comments: The decoration, thickness, colour and condition strongly suggest that this was originally part of the same plaque as fragments 1886.11-17.43 and 1886.11-17.38.; Findspot unrecorded.
Bibliographic references: Tatton-Brown et al 2007 / Roman Cameo Glass (51); Roberts et al 2010 / Roman Cameo Glass in the British Museum (55); Glass 2 / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Glass, Volume 2 (498); Howells 2015 / A Catalogue of the Late Antique Gold Glass in the British Museum (p.21)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1886
Acquisition notes: Probably acquired in Rome.
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1886,1117.31

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