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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)

Glass foot with a circular base, whose stem is composed of two twists and two animal figures, resembling seahorses, opposed two by two. Above the stem, the glass is broken above a thin bead.

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

Arsenal Ney

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1985

Chief Scientist

Philippe Brunella

Inventory number

89.1.4

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,