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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 5155250, member: 97383"]The Corning Museum of Glass recently purchased an important & extremely rare medallion made of glass, see photo below. Only about 2 dozen similar medallions are known to exist. To create the design the artist glued a piece of gold foil onto a piece of blue glass, then scratched away the background with a stylus. He then carefully enameled the portrait, followed by heating the disk to about 900 degrees Fahrenheit. Once heated, it was picked up on the end of a glass bubble, sandwiching the disk between two layers of glass. The last step was to cut the round shape of the medallion. This medallion undoubtedly belonged to an important person, possibly a senator or high ranking official. The inscription <b>ANATOLI GAVDEAS</b> translates "Anatolius, rejoice !".</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209053[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Roman Glass Medallion, circa AD300, 49 mm, probably made in Rome. Ex collection Count Michel Tyszkiewicz (1827-1897).</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 5155250, member: 97383"]The Corning Museum of Glass recently purchased an important & extremely rare medallion made of glass, see photo below. Only about 2 dozen similar medallions are known to exist. To create the design the artist glued a piece of gold foil onto a piece of blue glass, then scratched away the background with a stylus. He then carefully enameled the portrait, followed by heating the disk to about 900 degrees Fahrenheit. Once heated, it was picked up on the end of a glass bubble, sandwiching the disk between two layers of glass. The last step was to cut the round shape of the medallion. This medallion undoubtedly belonged to an important person, possibly a senator or high ranking official. The inscription [B]ANATOLI GAVDEAS[/B] translates "Anatolius, rejoice !". [ATTACH=full]1209053[/ATTACH] [B]Roman Glass Medallion, circa AD300, 49 mm, probably made in Rome. Ex collection Count Michel Tyszkiewicz (1827-1897).[/B][/QUOTE]
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