Ancient Glass Blog of The Allaire Collection. GLASS AT THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
The Allaire Glass Collection
Our collection spans nearly 3000 years of glass making from the Roman period to the present. By historical periods and geographical areas it is as follows: Roman Empire, Migration Period, Middle Ages (Wald Glass), Venetian & Facon de Venise, European, English, Spanish and American. Most of our glass was made before 1850. The glass is presented as a timeline within historical periods, geographical areas and areas of study generally used by collectors and museums. The timelines are incomplete as is our collection.
Ancient Roman Glass at The Princeton University Art Museum
The Princeton University Art Museum is one of the nation’s finest art museums, housing collections of over 72, 000 works of art spanning 5,000 years of world history and all the world’s major cultures. The Museum also presents special exhibitions and educational programs throughout the year. Admission is free. It is located at the heart of Princeton University, one of the world’s great research universities in the charming small-city setting of Princeton, New Jersey.
The glass collection is about 509 glass vessels, plaques, and inlays from the Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods. The bulk of the glass vessels are Roman from the eastern Mediterranean region. There is a new publication on this collection Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum, Anastassios C. Antonaras, author.