GLASS VESSELS IN SHAPE OF SHELLS

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Glass Vessels in Shape Of Shells Found in Various Museums

Group of flasks from Romishch-Germanischen Museum in Cologne

The scallop shell motif can be found on glass dishes, bowls, beakers and flasks from Roman times to the present. They were made by the Romans in the Rhineland during the 1^st to 4^th centuries and were copied at Murano in the 16^th-17^th centuries. Technique used was mold blowing.

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  Romishch-Germanischen Museum  3^rd to 4^th C.

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  Romishch-Germanischen Museum  3^rd to 4^th C.

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  The State Hermitage Museum, 1^st C.AD H: 8.5cm

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  British Museum D: 1^st C.  H: 8.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Early 17^th C. H: 26.5 cm

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  Toledo Museum of Art D:16^th C.  H: 24.8 cm

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  Chrysler Museum of Art  D: 3^rd-4^th C.