Date-shaped Bottle
Date: Mid-first to early second century
Dimensions:
H: 2 7/8 in. (7.33 cm); Body H: 2 7/16 in. (6.22 cm); Max Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Medium: Glass; rim tooled, mold-blown in a three-part mold.
Place of Origin: Phoenicia
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.571
DescriptionTranslucent dark brownish-yellow.
Medium thin glass. Numerous pinprick and small elongated bubbles, vertical in neck, horizontal in body. Black streaks in rim and neck.
Rim tooled. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, extends onto both sides of neck, and a central mold seam on one side; mold seams concealed in the pattern of wrinkles (MCT IV B).
Everted rim, folded inward. Flaring neck. Body shaped like a date with a diamond cross section.
Relief pattern of short straight ridges, imitating the wrinkles in the skin of a ripe date.
Translucent dark brownish yellow.
Rim tooled. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, extends onto both sides of neck, and a central mold seam on one side; mold seams concealed in the pattern of wrinkles (MCT IV B).
Everted rim, folded inward. Flaring neck. Body shaped like a date with a diamond cross section.
Relief pattern of short straight ridges, imitating the wrinkles in the skin of a ripe date.
Medium thin glass. Numerous pinprick and small elongated bubbles, vertical in neck, horizontal in body. Black streaks in rim and neck.
Rim tooled. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, extends onto both sides of neck, and a central mold seam on one side; mold seams concealed in the pattern of wrinkles (MCT IV B).
Everted rim, folded inward. Flaring neck. Body shaped like a date with a diamond cross section.
Relief pattern of short straight ridges, imitating the wrinkles in the skin of a ripe date.
Translucent dark brownish yellow.
Rim tooled. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, extends onto both sides of neck, and a central mold seam on one side; mold seams concealed in the pattern of wrinkles (MCT IV B).
Everted rim, folded inward. Flaring neck. Body shaped like a date with a diamond cross section.
Relief pattern of short straight ridges, imitating the wrinkles in the skin of a ripe date.
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