Mosaic glass fragment. The small glass fragment shows on a red background a large four-leaved flower made of blue leaves with white border, which is loose-related. On the edge, another bloom of green leaves with yellow border to see. In Roman times, one used colored, ornamented glass for vessels, mosaics, wall decorations and furniture ornaments. For the production, different colored glasses were shaped to tubes and rods. These were compressed and heated, causing a long bar. The glass sliced ​​now had a wide variety of amorphous or floral patterns.

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