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Historical Archive: Glass Drinking Horn

said to be from Italy, Sutri, Via dei Condotti grave
late sixth century: grave included coin of Tiberius II (578-582)
blown blue glass with applied lattice and trailed white spiral, length 23 cm (9 inches)
London, British Museum 1887,0108.2


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full horn from side
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full on black background
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with person for scale
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oblique from left
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applied lattice
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tip and trailed spiral
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trailed spiral and
elongated bubbles
from blowing glass