A distractingly lovely emerald green Roman glass bowl, E1stC AD: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/245285?rpp=60&pg=1&ao=on&ft=glass+bowl&pos=4 … :)pic.twitter.com/mTH1pPf0t3
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A beautiful rock crystal ball pendant in gold, from 7thC Picquigny, France: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kotomi-jewelry/4165696423/in/photostream/ …pic.twitter.com/ANr5UhSMRy
The 3 gold lunalae (Bronze Age collars) in @Cornwall_Museum, 4000+ yrs old—found Harlyn Bay+St Juliot, Cornwall :)pic.twitter.com/vdtsSafTjo
One of my favourites :) A Roman 'ribbon glass cup', prob made Italy c. 25 BC-50 AD: http://blog.cmog.org/2011/06/27/antiquity-or-contemporary/ …pic.twitter.com/ty31xPL2OK
A tiny garnet face hidden on the leg of the bird mount from the E7thC Sutton Hoo shield :) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=79865001&objectId=86436&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/84w4wMI0ux
Romano-British manufacturing at its best: an enamelled flask, found at Gorgippia (Russia) http://iccs.synthasite.com/resources/Art%20Treasures%20of%20Ancient%20Kuban.pdf …pic.twitter.com/JnYDhUMnqo
Another favourite, three wonderful Roman glass circus cups of the 2ndC AD, found Denmark :) http://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-early-iron-age/a-princely-dynasty-at-stevns/ …pic.twitter.com/7z1JtnvFHY
Some Roman 'bird bottles' in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki :) http://greek-museums.tumblr.com/post/101140438701/archaeological-museum-of-thessaloniki-glass …pic.twitter.com/y1PvtUEfyc
Amethyst beads from a 6thC/7thC cemetery at Sittingbourne, Kent; poss from India/Sri Lanka? http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/learning/resources/galleries/anglo_saxon_cemetery/ …pic.twitter.com/CyGyZigG03
A 10thC Anglo-Saxon portable sundial w/ silver tablet, found in Canterbury Cathedral, 1938: http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/conservation/archives/anglo-saxon-canterbury/ …pic.twitter.com/nYIRm6Vcea
Pair of 4-5thC red/purple leather shoes w/ gold leaf, from Egypt: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119560/pair-of-shoes/ …pic.twitter.com/evivaRNEEk
Two lovely 7thC silk textiles of stags+pheasants from Sogdia: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rangdalion/4928482676/in/photostream/ … & https://www.flickr.com/photos/rangdalion/4927886991/in/photostream/ …pic.twitter.com/QGn9LkJKrH
The Iron Crown of Lombardy, kept in the Cathedral of Monza—elements C14 dated to c. 500 AD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Crown_of_Lombardy …pic.twitter.com/QsSTTqFbJf
Roman galley found during construction of County Hall, London, in 1910, via the wonderful http://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/03/01/sights-of-wonderful-london/ … :)pic.twitter.com/DxwApn9NNN
An early medieval Lombardic glass drinking horn, L6th-E7thC, made in N. Italy: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468980 …pic.twitter.com/2Qlg0WBYkX
Some Hunnish horse trappings, 4th-5thC, southwest Russia, made from gold, copper+gemstones: http://art.thewalters.org/detail/77447 pic.twitter.com/wNDd7LZvF0
The Canterbury pendant, made c.620s, buried ?mid7thC, w/ cross motif and garnet cloisonné: http://poppy.nsms.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/contributions/699 …pic.twitter.com/2TF7Vo7PbK
Glass fish vessel, ?1stC AD, prob made w/ glass from Roman Egypt & found Begram, Afghanistan https://www.britishmuseum.org/PDF/Mairs.pdf pic.twitter.com/tC8ibmCTa8
A lovely 1stC AD rock crystal fish, pierced for suspension, from a grave at Arezzo, Italy: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/ArezzoGrave.html …pic.twitter.com/DfQS3YNz4T
An Ostrogothic L5th-E6thC gold+garnet head-dress pin w/ chain, found Domagnano, San Marino: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=40476001&objectId=90038&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/8c59sDFf5v
A 3rd-4thC AD Roman glass bipartite kohl tube w/ a thin bronze applicator: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/221820/unknown-maker-bipartite-kohl-tube-roman-3rd-4th-century/?dz=0.5000,0.8909,0.51 …pic.twitter.com/rUSjya9KCW
A turquoise 'Raqqa ware' jar, made in L12th-E13thC Syria: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451360 … & https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jar_Met_56.185.15.jpg …pic.twitter.com/uPyzAMTuMA
Detail of the Sigurd portal from the demolished L12/E13thC stave church at Hylestad, Norway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylestad_stave_church …pic.twitter.com/WDeBOfX495
A Roman emerald green glass boat, 1stC AD, found Pompeii: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=1162831001&objectId=466289&partId=1 … & http://blog.oup.com/2013/08/pompeii-herculaneum-roman-ruins-slideshow/ …pic.twitter.com/afeeYRGaYv
Several theories as to function of Roman glass boats, incl that were women's urinals! See http://www.cmog.org/article/roman-glass-boats …pic.twitter.com/E1ZZeABc6V
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