Lot Essay
Twisted glass rods were probably used for stirring or mixing cosmetic or medicinal preparations. This example is accompanied by a sliding glass ring, which is believed to have acted as a stopper or cover for the vessel into which the rod was dipped. For similar, cf. D. Whitehouse, Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, vol. III, Corning, 2003, pp. 52-3, no. 972.
The spoon would have been tooled from a single blown tube, examples can be found throughout the Roman period, cf. 'Glass Spoon', The Metropolitan Museum, no. 15.43.235.
The spoon would have been tooled from a single blown tube, examples can be found throughout the Roman period, cf. 'Glass Spoon', The Metropolitan Museum, no. 15.43.235.