Glass jar (fragment). A low curvature of the glass fragment allows the assignment to a vessel, possibly a shell. The surface of the glass is strongly corroded so that the former color scheme is difficult to understand. The reason was formerly dark red and showed several flower ornaments in millefiori technology, which are still recognizable at the white spirals and circles. For the production, different colored glasses into tubes and rods were formed. These were compressed and heated, causing a long bar. The glass sliced now had a wide variety of amorphous or floral patterns. Thereafter, sev
Glass jar (fragment). A low curvature of the glass fragment allows the assignment to a vessel, possibly a shell. The surface of the glass is strongly corroded so that the former color scheme is difficult to understand. The reason was formerly dark red and showed several flower ornaments in millefiori technology, which are still recognizable at the white spirals and circles. For the production, different colored glasses into tubes and rods were formed. These were compressed and heated, causing a long bar. The glass sliced now had a wide variety of amorphous or floral patterns. Thereafter, several of these platelets were folded together, heated again and pressed into vascular shape. Burry for the elaborate manufacturing process and its fragility was one of the luxury articles of antiquity.
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