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bowl
(?)
;
medallion
Object Type
bowl
(?)
medallion
Museum number
1856,0425.1
Description
Diminutive medallion, probably from the bottom of a bowl; glass; with dark blue protecting glass; gilded decoration; bust of St Paul, youthful and beardless, in tunic and pallium; in the field an inscription.
Cultures/periods
Late Roman
Production date
3rdC-5thC
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Cologne (city)
, grave (?)
(?)
Found/Acquired:
Rome (city)
, catacomb (?)
(?)
Materials
glass
gold
Technique
gilded
Dimensions
Diameter:
0.94 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Dalton 1901 / Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities and Objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum
(635)
Vopel 1899 / Die altchristlichen Goldgläser
(320)
Howells 2015 / A Catalogue of the Late Antique Gold Glass in the British Museum
(p.13-14, p.20, p.26, p.30, p.31, table.1, p.34, table.4, p.36, p.37, table.6, p.38, p.70, p.71-88, p.71-74, p.71-72, p.72, pl.35, p.163)
(Cat.1)
Finney 2003 / Abbé James Hamilton: Antiquary, Patron of the Arts, Victorian Anglo-Catholic
(27)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
saint/martyr
new testament
Associated names
Representation of:
St Paul
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Dr Markham
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Abbé James Hamilton
Acquisition date
1856
Acquisition notes
From the Hamilton Palace Collection.
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1856,0425.1