Boscoreale, Villa Vona / door casing / Bronze / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1966
Object Name: door casing
Lot: Michigan State Millers' Association
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Furniture casings (metal)
Materials: Bronze; Copper
Length: 9.7
Width: 9.3
Height: 2.4
Weight: 325 g
Pierced: 161
Inscribed: 161
Full Artifact Description: Casing in poor condition. Four nails still extant, one loose. Heavy. Flaky corrosion on all surfaces, colored green, black and blue.; Gazda: Furniture casing. Bronze.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 1st C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Boscoreale, Villa Vona
Production Site: 140
Countermark: 161
Condition Notes: Bronze disease treatment, 1972.
Exhibition Title: Case 31 - Locks & Bolts
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: 30

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.1966
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1966/dscn3889.jpg

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Full citation: "Boscoreale, Villa Vona; door casing; Bronze; Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1966/dscn3889.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2024.