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"Patella" Cups
Likely Roman100 BCE – 100 CE
New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, United States
Three small Patella (or Wine) Cups, cast from glass in the "Millefiore" technique with sliced rods of mosaic glass.
Details
- Title: "Patella" Cups
- Creator: Likely Roman
- Date Created: 100 BCE – 100 CE
- Location Created: Eastern Mediterranean Area
- Physical Dimensions: 1 7/16 x 3 5/8 in, 1 1/2 x 3 3/4 in, and 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 in
- Type: Glass
- Medium: Glass, "millefiore" technique
- Credit Line: Gift of Melvin P. Billups in memory of his wife, Clarice Marston Billups
- Accession Number: 57.14,.15 and 57.111
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