Glass gold-band mosaic lid fragment 1st half of 1st century Roman Translucent cobalt blue, purple, turquoise blue streaked with yellow, appearing green, opaque white, and colorless encasing gold lid with rounded edge to vertical cylindrical sides; plain tapering rim. Marbled mosaic pattern formed from serpentine lengths of canes in different colors with streaks of white, some overlapping to give different shades and colors. On exterior, concentric with weathered edges, about one third of lid surviving; dulling, iridescence, and patches of thin creamy
Glass gold-band mosaic lid fragment 1st half of 1st century Roman Translucent cobalt blue, purple, turquoise blue streaked with yellow, appearing green, opaque white, and colorless encasing gold lid with rounded edge to vertical cylindrical sides; plain tapering rim. Marbled mosaic pattern formed from serpentine lengths of canes in different colors with streaks of white, some overlapping to give different shades and colors. On exterior, concentric with weathered edges, about one third of lid surviving; dulling, iridescence, and patches of thin creamy fragment probably belongs to a small lidded Glass gold-band mosaic lid fragment. Roman. 1st half of 1st century Glass; cast and cut. Early Imperial. Glass
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