Mosaic Glass Fragment

Mosaic Glass Fragment, glass, pressed, cut, Total: Height: 3.80 cm; Width: 3.00 cm, floor coverings, wall decoration, Early Imperial Period, The small glass fragment shows a marbled pattern (black and red) with white, dot-shaped inlays. In Roman times, colored, ornamented glass was used for vessels, mosaics, wall decorations and furniture ornaments. For the production different colored glass was formed into tubes and rods. These were pressed together and heated, resulting in a long rod. The glass, now cut into slices, had a variety of amorphous or floral patterns.. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)