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Early Medieval glass millefiori rod
Brown (Blue ?) and opaque white, square-sectioned, slight taper, weathered. The cross-section shows pin-points of white set in a brown/blue (?) background: i.e. this is a millefiori rod, cf. a more elaborate example from Garranes, fig 15.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/G.214
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Section 5; Cut XVII; Layer (14); C C: Black, usually greasy soil, with small angular rubble; much bone, charcoal flecking; rich in finds.
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:27.5
width / mm:4
depth / mm:4
weight / g:0.8
Material
glass
Techniques
millefiori
Location
In store
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