Glass stirring rod 1st century Roman Stirring rod: translucent cobalt blue with opaque white rod, slightly bent at top end, tightly twisted to produce spiral fluting; bottom end tooled into a globular knob, the top end is formed into a tapering loop or ring handle by bending the rod round a full 360 degrees and attaching it to the top of the shaft of the rod, in profile aslant to , but broken and repaired at top of rod where turned out to form handle; some dulling, iridescence, and patches of faint brownish : translucent light blue with opaque
Glass stirring rod 1st century Roman Stirring rod: translucent cobalt blue with opaque white rod, slightly bent at top end, tightly twisted to produce spiral fluting; bottom end tooled into a globular knob, the top end is formed into a tapering loop or ring handle by bending the rod round a full 360 degrees and attaching it to the top of the shaft of the rod, in profile aslant to , but broken and repaired at top of rod where turned out to form handle; some dulling, iridescence, and patches of faint brownish : translucent light blue with opaque white , conical body with ridged surface, flattened at center; flat bottom but with shallow spiral grooves; vertical applied to upper surface in a spiral from center to outer ; many bubbles; some dulling and pitting, and faint brownish enamel-like by winding trail in a spiral around disk is firmly stuck in one place, aslant to the object was used to stir or mix an ointment or cosmetic stored in a long-necked bottle. The mixture could then be extracted in small amounts using the tip of the rod. The perforated disk that is attached to the rod resembles objects that are usually called spindle whorls. Here, however, it was clearly added to the rod during manufacture and served as a Glass stirring rod 239738
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