Glass spoon

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless. Shallow bowl with rounded, thickened edges, drawn out to a pointed tip with small tooling indent at apex; handle drawn up from bowl in a tubular, tapering rod, terminating in a lopsided knob, flattened and pushed in on the underside. Intact; some pinprick bubbles; some dulling and iridescence, with large areas covered by brownish enamel-like weathering. Yellowish spoon with long handle.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76