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Translucent blue green; trail in opaque white.
Cylindrical rod, tightly twisted to produce spiral fluting; one end tooled into a flat disk, tapering toward other end.
Applied trail in spiral down length of rod.
Broken at one end, with weathered edge; pitting, brilliant iridescence, and small patch of creamy weathering.
The rod may have had a loop or ring handle at the top end, as with 74.51.151-.152.
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Title: Glass stirring rod
Period: Imperial
Date: 1st–2nd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; drawn, trailed, and tooled
Dimensions: Other: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
Object Number: 15.43.262
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