Object photograph·Csn2327a·1927–1931

Sand-core glass

Sand-core glass two-handled vessel with white and dark trailed stripes and a feather-like pattern on the body.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn2327a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A two-handled glass vessel with a narrow neck, rounded shoulders and a pointed base, photographed upright against a plain grey background. Its surface is decorated with bands of white and dark glass, with a feather-like pattern of looped trails across the body and horizontal stripes on the neck and base. The handles join the shoulder and rim, and a graduated scale bar stands at the left for size.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Sand-core glass.

Swedish, as on the record

Sandvärmeglas