Bulbous Bottle
Date: 1st century CE
Dimensions:
H: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Rim Diam: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); Body Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Medium: glass
Place of Origin: Ancient Rome
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.2412
DescriptionTranslucent manganese colored glass. Opaque white embedded thread appearing opaque light manganese colored glass.
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Added threads tooled and melted into surface.
Everted rim, slightly rounded in flame. Tall tapering neck with curved transition to shoulder. Squat bulbous body. Flattened base.
Two spiral threads from center of base to rim, combed upward to form four festoons on body.
Glass; free blown, threads picked up, reinflated and tooled.
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Added threads tooled and melted into surface.
Everted rim, slightly rounded in flame. Tall tapering neck with curved transition to shoulder. Squat bulbous body. Flattened base.
Two spiral threads from center of base to rim, combed upward to form four festoons on body.
Glass; free blown, threads picked up, reinflated and tooled.
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