CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

Said to be from Amiens, France (Froehner 1879, p. 139, pl. XXI, 91.) Until 1881, collection of Jules Charvet, Le Pecq, Île-de-France; 1881, purchased from J. Charvet by Henry G. Marquand; acquired in 1881, gift of Henry G

Glass (colorless and opaque), Alexandrian, Late 2nd century C.E., Allegedly from Alexandria H. 14.56 cm. Blown colourless glass decorated with applied opaque white tooled trails referred to as snake-thread. Condition: the foot a modern repair; a crack around the lower body consolidated with transparent glue. Slight dulling to minor parts of the colourless glass owing to weathering. The trails depict waders in a poetic representation of reeds and vegetable growth (along the banks of a river…

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.

Antique Glass Bottles From The Allaire Collection The earliest glass bottles were produced in Egypt, Syria, Greece and Cyprus as early as 1500 BC using the core forming techniques. Around 50 BC, p…

Roman Purple Ribbed Glass Bowl: 1st Century AD

Said to be from Divodurum (modern Metz, France) Until 1881, collection of Jules Charvet, Le Pecq, Île-de-France; 1881, purchased from J. Charvet by Henry G. Marquand; acquired in 1881, gift of Henry G

5.5 inches (13.97cm) high

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.