EditorialScarsdale, Walnut and beechwood, gilt pewter, gilt and reverse-painted glass (verre ?glomis?) panel, mortise-and-tenon construction, Shaped open back with voluted top rail and two horizontal crossing members enclosing a verre ?glomis? panel bearing the...
EditorialGlass dish, Late Imperial, 4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, 1 11/16 ? 9 1/2 in. (4.3 ? 24.1 cm), Glass, Colorless with pale blue green tinge. Rounded rim folded out and down; concave side to body, tapering downwards then curving sharply in to out...
EditorialGlass mosaic carinated bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 3/4 x 1 in. (2 x 2.6 cm), Glass, Body fragment., Translucent purple, light blue appearing green, opaque white and yellow, and...
EditorialTerracotta Nicosthenic neck-amphora (jar), Archaic, late 7th?6th century B.C., Etruscan, Terracotta; bucchero, Other: 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. (23.5 x 15.6 cm), Vases, This distinctive form of amphora with strap handles and a neck sharply separated from the b...
EditorialTin dish of tin with representation of the Resurrection and the Twelve Apostles, Tin dish of tin. The center of the shelf is convex and contains a representation of the Resurrection. The remainder of the shelf is decorated and rises sharply to a wide e...
EditorialGlass mosaic bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 11/16 x 1 in. (1.7 x 2.5 cm), Glass, Rim fragment (of shallow bowl?), Translucent deep purple, pale greyish blue appearing green, opaqu...
EditorialGlass mosaic fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 9/16 x 1 3/16 in. (1.5 x 3.1 cm), Glass, Thick-walled body fragment., Translucent blue, deep purple (?) appearing black, opaque white, yello...
EditorialGlass dish, Late Imperial, 4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, 1 11/16 ? 9 1/2 in. (4.3 ? 24.1 cm), Glass, Colorless with pale blue green tinge. Rounded rim folded out and down; concave side to body, tapering downwards then curving sharply in to out...
EditorialGlass mosaic carinated bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 3/4 x 1 in. (2 x 2.6 cm), Glass, Body fragment., Translucent purple, light blue appearing green, opaque white and yellow, and...
EditorialTerracotta Nicosthenic neck-amphora (jar), Archaic, late 7th?6th century B.C., Etruscan, Terracotta; bucchero, Other: 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. (23.5 x 15.6 cm), Vases, This distinctive form of amphora with strap handles and a neck sharply separated from the b...
EditorialMarble head of a woman, Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble, Overall: 15 1/8 x 8 1/8 x 11 1/2 in. (38.4 x 20.6 x 29.2 cm), Stone Sculpture, Roman copy of a Greek bronze statue with a fine oval face, sharply defined features and beautifully de...
EditorialGlass goblet with snake-thread decoration, Imperial, 3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, tooled, and trailed, H.: 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm), Glass, Colorless; trails in opaque white and opaque brownish red, with one red trail starting in translucent grey...
EditorialGlass trulla (pan), Imperial, 1st?4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, H.: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm), Glass, Translucent blue green; handle in same color. Outsplayed, rounded, and slightly thickened rim; almost vertical side, then curves in sharply; applied...
EditorialSpout Cup, 1700?1725, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 3 9/16 x 4 5/16 in. (9 x 11 cm); 5 oz. 16 dwt. (180.9 g), Silver, John Edwards (ca. 1671?1746), One of the specialized forms of drinking vessels produced in ...
EditorialGlass perfume bottle, Early Imperial, mid?1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; mold-blown, 3 9/16in. (9.1cm), Glass, Translucent pale blue green. Rim folded out, over, and in, extending into neck on one side of mouth; carinated body, with straight, conical ...