Romano-Egyptian Millefiori Flower Glass Pendant

£ 275.00

A bright Romano-Egyptian glass fragment pendant displaying a millefiori pattern. This fragment was likely derived from part of a bowl or similar type of vessel. The opaque glass features a dark blue background with a vibrant red and yellow flower alongside a smaller blue and white flower. The fragment has been placed in a modern silver frame with a loop sitting at the top for suspension.

The chain is for reference only, chains available upon enquiry.

Date: Circa 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD
Condition: Good. Small piercing in lower right corner of the glass due to age and wear.

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The creation of millefiori patterns in glass was a time-consuming technique that took skill and patience. Thin canes of different colours were heated together in a certain order, producing the visible flower patterns, hence the name millefiori (meaning a thousand flowers). It was then fused into one larger cane and stretched to reduce the size of the imagery, and left to cool. The cane is then sliced into smaller discs which are then formed into beads of placed across a hot glassware vessel. The vessel would be blown for a second time to merge the pieces of glass and then left to cool in the desired shape. This process was originally discovered by the Egyptians when producing millefiori glass and then later developed by the Greeks and Romans.

Weight 7.2 g
Dimensions L 4 x W 2 cm
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Reference: For a similar item,Bonhams, London, 28th April 2010, lot 38

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