An Egyptian Blue Glass Ear Stud, 18th - 19th Dynasty, ca. 1350 - 1250 BCE Scarabs 1960’s - 1970’s

1960’s - 1970’s

11 Naguib 1985

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An Egyptian Blue Glass Ear Stud, 18th - 19th Dynasty, ca. 1350 - 1250 BCE Scarabs 1960’s - 1970’sCharacteristics of this fine blue glass ear stud show the quality of 18th Dynasty glassmaking as well as some of the rich colors available to the craftsmen. Of papyrus style, it comprises a body of translucent deep blue glass, highlighted at the base with a fine contrasting spiral coil of opaque yellow and with a white band at the rim. This piece was core formed, whereby a clay or dung core is fashioned over a small metal rod. Glass was probably