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"Roman Glass Mosaic Dish-Millefiori " #2125341

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 Roman Glass Mosaic Dish-Millefiori   #2125341
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This beautiful Roman mosaic glass dish, molded out of canes of varying shades of green, deep blue and amethyst with golden yellow and white accents, Virtually intact with minor repairs, the dish is a superb example of mosaic glass, a technique that first developed in areas of the Eastern Mediterranean during the 3rd century B.C.

The varying textures, shapes and colors, termed millefiori for its ?thousand flowers? effect, were created through the use of multicolored glass rods and canes. The rods were single pieces of glass of uniform color while canes were composed of two or more different elements which were then fused together through heating to create candycane-like sticks of glass. They were then sliced either lengthwise or into cross sections, revealing the bright designs created by the contrasting colors within.


To create the overall design, all of the individual glass elements would have been arranged side by side along the bottom half of a mold, covered by its second half to keep the pieces from shifting, and then heated. This allowed the glass to soften and, upon cooling, to fuse together, conforming to the shape of the mold. Gaps between pieces could be filled by inserting additional pieces of glass and reheating the piece. When the body of the dish was finished, a spirally wound rim ? here in translucent amethyst and white ? was applied. Finally, the entire dish was ground smooth inside and out

Mosaic glass was a luxury good enjoyed expressly by the wealthy, as ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1st-2nd Century B.C</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:"Roman Glass Mosaic Dish-Millefiori "</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:Mosaic Glass</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Newport Beach</td></tr>
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