'What Said This Rude Antique': Victorian Reception of Roman Glass

Wiltshire, Roswyn (2022) 'What Said This Rude Antique': Victorian Reception of Roman Glass. Greece and Rome, 69 (2). pp. 267-284. ISSN 14774550

Abstract

Artefact collections are a key means for many people to interact with classical antiquity. The physicality of objects easily appeals to the imagination, evoking associations between the object and the viewer's experiences. Reception of artefacts is thus multilayered, even regarding what may seem to be very simple objects, such as ancient glass vessels uncovered and collected around the middle of the nineteenth century. Drawing on research into the Damon Collection (Canterbury Museum, New Zealand) this study explores Victorian reception of Roman glass, demonstrating the many and often complex ways in which objects of utilitarian origin in classical antiquity gained new meaning and surprising popularity among a broad public. Glass vessels were receptacles for ideas and the imagination, from adventure to questions of religion and empire. In particular, vessels identified as 'lachrymatories' became a very personal empathetic link to the classical past, with influence on popular imagination enduring to the present day.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1017/S0017383522000067
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Roman glass,Victorian collecting,classical antiquity collections,classical reception,lachrymatory bottles
Depositing User:	Unnamed user with username chikyta
Date Deposited:	11 Jun 2024 03:45
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2024 03:45
URI:	http://repository.ub.ac.id/id/eprint/220847

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