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Pyxis (pl. 'Pyxides') with Lid 098   Price £35 each

For our Pyxis stock levels, see this page

Mould-blown Pyxides from our Wood-fired Furnace We are now making Mould-blown Pyxides at our Wood-fired Furnace. See this page for all of our Wood-fired Furnace vessels. In particular, see this page for our Pyxides and stock levels. We do not make Pyxides to order - they are only available from stock on the website.

Pyxides (small, lidded boxes) with the same moulded design as this example were found at Pompeii, dating those examples no later than the third quarter of the first century AD.

They are found throughout both the western and eastern Roman Empire, and it has been suggested that they may be the product of Ennion's or related Sidonian glassmaking workshops, which are believed to have spread from the Syro-Palestinian coast to Italy.

Our reproduction is based on examples from the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, Corning Museum of Glass, New York State, and the Miho Museum, Japan.

Height, including lid: 8.0cm   Diameter at base: 5.8cm

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