A Roman Glass Miniature Juglet, Late Roman Imperial Period, ca. late 4th century CE Medium - Bronze thereafter Henry Anavian

thereafter Henry Anavian

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collection # FM776

The set square takes the form of two often unequal lengths of square rod which meet at a right angle

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A Roman Glass Miniature Juglet, Late Roman Imperial Period, ca. late 4th century CE Medium - Bronze thereafter Henry AnavianThis lovely little Roman glass vessel belongs to a poorly understood class of miniature glass objects from the late Roman period. These tiny gems were usually made in blue glass and unlike most glass of the period, they were hand worked probably by bead makers, rather than blown. This example has a blue glass handle applied to a clear molded main body, a knob below the handle and an attached flat blue knob at the base. There are nice traces of