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"Patella" Cups

Likely Roman100 BCE – 100 CE

New Orleans Museum of Art

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.

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  • 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
New Orleans Museum of Art

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