Fragment of a vessel. A low curvature of the glass fragment allows the assignment to a vessel, possibly a shell. On the violet shard are two similar types of flowers in Millefiori technology to see. In one side, a white middle yellow-rimmed trapezoidal, blue petals, in which another a very tightly wound yellow center white outstretched blue petals. For the production, different colored glasses were molded into tubes and rods. These were compressed and heated, causing a long bar. The glass sliced now had different amorphous or floral patterns. Thereafter, several of these platelets were folde
Fragment of a vessel. A low curvature of the glass fragment allows the assignment to a vessel, possibly a shell. On the violet shard are two similar types of flowers in Millefiori technology to see. In one side, a white middle yellow-rimmed trapezoidal, blue petals, in which another a very tightly wound yellow center white outstretched blue petals. For the production, different colored glasses were molded into tubes and rods. These were compressed and heated, causing a long bar. The glass sliced now had different amorphous or floral patterns. Thereafter, several of these platelets were folded together, heated again and pressed into the vascular shape. Burry for the elaborate manufacturing process and its fragility was one of the luxury articles of antiquity.
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