Verre byzantin et islamiqueByzantine and Islamic Glass
Maria Mossakowska-Gaubert
VON FOLSACH, Kjeld ; WHITEHOUSE, David
Three Islamic Molds
JGS 35
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, 1993, p. 149-153
[801, 1200]
• Two bronze glass-moulds:
– from C.L. David Collection: 9th-10th century, possibly from Iraq or Syria. One-piece mould, conical beaker form. The interior decorated with eight pairs of vertical strips, separated each from the other by scrolling half-palmettes.
– from the Corning Museum: 10th-12th century. One-piece mould, conical beaker form. The interior decorated with lozenge-shaped bosses in prominent relief : used to produce a “honeycomb” pattern on the sides and the base.
Inscription scratched on the upper part of the exterior: “ʿUṯman b. Abū Naṣr, glassmaker”.
– from C.L. David Collection: 9th-10th century, possibly from Iraq or Syria. One-piece mould, conical beaker form. The interior decorated with eight pairs of vertical strips, separated each from the other by scrolling half-palmettes.
– from the Corning Museum: 10th-12th century. One-piece mould, conical beaker form. The interior decorated with lozenge-shaped bosses in prominent relief : used to produce a “honeycomb” pattern on the sides and the base.
Inscription scratched on the upper part of the exterior: “ʿUṯman b. Abū Naṣr, glassmaker”.
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