Cologne / cosmetic jar and lid / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1659
Object Name: cosmetic jar and lid
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Length: ;
Width: ;
Height: 7;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;33 g lid; jar: 96 g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: A clear glass cosmetic jar and its cover. Jar has a slightly flaring narrow rim with flattish sides near the top but the curved around to form a bulbous body. The base is flat with a slight kick and pontil mark. The lid is flat and round, with the edge out splayed and then folded under. The pontil mark and some wheel tooling is evident, The piece is frosty with some bubbles. The lid has iron stains.; Bowl is Roman 2-3rd cent A.D. “cover” is an Islamic window roundel of 10th cent or later. We do not know that much about windows in that area. - S.M Goldstein, Corning museum of Glass.; Gazda: Bowl with lid. Glass, free blown.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 2nd - 3rd C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Germany
Verbatim Site: Cologne
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Case 42 - Gaul/Germany
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2272 x 1704
File Size: 162 KB
Record: 0000.00.1659
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1659/0000_00_1659p02.tif

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