Cylindrical Jug with Three Pairs of Floral Sprays
Date: First half of the first century
Dimensions:
H: 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
Medium: Glass; neck free blown. Body and lower part of neck blown into a four-part mold of three vertical sections joined to a cup-shaped base section (MCT I). Tip of handle drawn out thin.
Place of Origin: Syria or Palestine, perhaps Sidon or vicinity
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.482
DescriptionTranslucent royal blue. Brownish green streak at rim. Medium thin glass. One very large elongated bubble in neck. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck tapered slightly downward. Convex shoulder and convex bottom joined by a cylindrical body. Bifurcated handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim with projecting thumbrest above. Handle positioned above trefoil leaves in mold section 1.
Decoration like 1923.440. On the underside of the flat base, three raised concentric rings surrounding a central dot, the outer ring forming a base ring 2.9 cm in diameter.
Translucent royal blue. Brownish green streak at rim.
Neck free blown. Body and lower part of neck blown into a four-part mold of three vertical sections joined to a cup-shaped base section (MCT I). Tip of handle drawn out thin.
Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck tapered slightly downward. Convex shoulder and convex bottom joined by a cylindrical body. Bifurcated handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim with projecting thumbrest above. Handle positioned above trefoil leaves in mold section 1.
Decoration like Cat. No. 75. On the underside of the flat base, three raised concentric rings surrounding a central dot, the outer ring forming a base ring 2.9 cm in diameter.
Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck tapered slightly downward. Convex shoulder and convex bottom joined by a cylindrical body. Bifurcated handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim with projecting thumbrest above. Handle positioned above trefoil leaves in mold section 1.
Decoration like 1923.440. On the underside of the flat base, three raised concentric rings surrounding a central dot, the outer ring forming a base ring 2.9 cm in diameter.
Translucent royal blue. Brownish green streak at rim.
Neck free blown. Body and lower part of neck blown into a four-part mold of three vertical sections joined to a cup-shaped base section (MCT I). Tip of handle drawn out thin.
Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck tapered slightly downward. Convex shoulder and convex bottom joined by a cylindrical body. Bifurcated handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim with projecting thumbrest above. Handle positioned above trefoil leaves in mold section 1.
Decoration like Cat. No. 75. On the underside of the flat base, three raised concentric rings surrounding a central dot, the outer ring forming a base ring 2.9 cm in diameter.
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