drinking-vessel

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Object Type
Museum number: 1863,0727.13
Description: Bottom of a drinking vessel; glass, of which there are three layers; gilded decoration; a central circular medallion surrounded by six radiating compartments divided by columns; in the centre a bust of Christ and inscription; in each of the surrounding compartments, none of which are perfect, was a standing figure in tunic and pallium.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 3rdC-5thC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Cologne (city), grave (?) (?); Found/Acquired: Rome (city), catacomb (?) (?)
Materials: glass; gold
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 3.40 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 (631); Vopel 1899 / Die altchristlichen Goldgläser (300); Garrucci 1858 / Vetri Ornati di Figure in Oro trovati nei Cimiteri dei Christiani Primitivi di Roma (tav.XVIII, fig.2, p.40); Morey 1959 / The Gold-Glass Collection of the Vatican Library (no.307, p.53, pl.XXIX); Howells 2015 / A Catalogue of the Late Antique Gold Glass in the British Museum (p.14-15, p.20, p.24, p.30, p.31, table.1, p.34, table.4, p.37, table.6, p.39, p.70, p.71-88, p.79-84, p.81-82, p.81, pl.48, p.164) (Cat.12)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: Pilkington Glass Museum Date out: 01 Nov 1985
Condition: There are three layers of glass; the columns dividing the standing figures were probably surmounted by labels bearing their names.
Subjects: heraldry; new testament; architecture
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Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1863
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1863,0727.13
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