Unguent Bottle (Stamnos)
Date: late 19th-early 20th century
Dimensions:
Glass Dimensions: 4 1/8 × 2 3/8 × 3 7/16 in. (10.5 × 6 × 8.7 cm)
Medium: glass
Place of Origin: possibly Spain
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1970.5
DescriptionBlown with dragged and marvered thread decoration.
Stamnos. Cobalt-blue ground (appearing black), with opaque white and opaque yellow (appearing pale green) decoration. Moderately broad, outsplayed rim with rounded edge; tall cylindrical neck with slight bulge at its center; almost right-angled shoulder; globular body; convex bottom; cobalt-blue padbase, outsplayed with rounded edge, concave on its underside. Two cobalt-blue vertical right-angled handles extend from the shoulder to the upper part of the neck; each handle formed by pincering together one vertical and one horizontal section.
A marvered opaque white thread attached vertically on the lower neck, then wound spirally in horizontal lines over the shoulder, where it is tooled into a wide festoon pattern to the middle of the body; below this, a marvered opaque white thread wound horizontally around the body; an opaque yellow thread, marvered, is also attached at the shoulder and wound spirally at first in horizontal lines, then tooled into a festoon pattern, mingling with the white thread; below this, another marvered opaque yellow thread begun and tooled into a broad festoon pattern, then into one or two rows of zigzags.
Stamnos. Cobalt-blue ground (appearing black), with opaque white and opaque yellow (appearing pale green) decoration. Moderately broad, outsplayed rim with rounded edge; tall cylindrical neck with slight bulge at its center; almost right-angled shoulder; globular body; convex bottom; cobalt-blue padbase, outsplayed with rounded edge, concave on its underside. Two cobalt-blue vertical right-angled handles extend from the shoulder to the upper part of the neck; each handle formed by pincering together one vertical and one horizontal section.
A marvered opaque white thread attached vertically on the lower neck, then wound spirally in horizontal lines over the shoulder, where it is tooled into a wide festoon pattern to the middle of the body; below this, a marvered opaque white thread wound horizontally around the body; an opaque yellow thread, marvered, is also attached at the shoulder and wound spirally at first in horizontal lines, then tooled into a festoon pattern, mingling with the white thread; below this, another marvered opaque yellow thread begun and tooled into a broad festoon pattern, then into one or two rows of zigzags.
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