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Metz [57] Le musée de La Cour d’Or-Metz Métropole

© Laurianne Kieffer (Musée de La Cour d'Or-Eurométropole de Metz)

Blown glass molded with ribbed decoration. "The spherical shape of this object poses some difficulties in terms of identification. While several parallels are known, none has been found complete. It could be a perfume ball or the lower part of a vase crowned with a long, thin neck."

Where to find it

Metz [57] Le musée de La Cour d’Or-Metz Métropole
2, rue du Haut-Poirier

57000 METZ

Commune of discovery

Metz

Locality

Hauts de Sainte-Croix

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1984

Chief Scientist

Philippe Brunella

Inventory number

88.13.11

Scope

Daily life ➔ Art of the table

Materials

Glass

Chronological period

Modern period [1492 / 1789]

Dating the object

16e S.

Dimensions

H. 6.5 cm,