Acorn-shaped Bottle
Artist: Workshop of the Floating Handles
Date: First half of the first century
Dimensions:
H: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); H (body): 2 13/16 in. (7.15 cm); Max Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
Medium: Medium thin glass, mold-blown.
Place of Origin: Ancient Rome, Syria or Palestine, perhaps made in Sidon
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.441
DescriptionOpaque white.
Rim tooled. Neck and body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body and knobbed pointed base (MCT VIII). Excess glass at lower tips of handles cut off and pinched to form a small disk.
Rim irregularly pulled outward and inward. Concave neck. Body shaped like an acorn tapering to a slight knob at base. Two coil handles applied to underside of rim and drawn down to shoulder but not attached. Handles positioned halfway between mold seams.
On the shoulder, a pattern of five horizontal bands of linked boxes, imitating the hard woody cupule surrounding the nut.
Opaque white.
Rim tooled. Neck and body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body and knobbed pointed base (MCT VIII). Excess glass at lower tips of handles cut off and pinched to form a small disk.
Rim irregularly pulled outward and inward. Concave neck. Body shaped like an acorn tapering to a slight knob at base. Two coil handles applied to underside of rim and drawn down to shoulder but not attached. Handles positioned halfway between mold seams.
On the shoulder, a pattern of five horizontal bands of linked boxes, imitating the hard woody cupule surrounding the nut.
Rim tooled. Neck and body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body and knobbed pointed base (MCT VIII). Excess glass at lower tips of handles cut off and pinched to form a small disk.
Rim irregularly pulled outward and inward. Concave neck. Body shaped like an acorn tapering to a slight knob at base. Two coil handles applied to underside of rim and drawn down to shoulder but not attached. Handles positioned halfway between mold seams.
On the shoulder, a pattern of five horizontal bands of linked boxes, imitating the hard woody cupule surrounding the nut.
Opaque white.
Rim tooled. Neck and body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body and knobbed pointed base (MCT VIII). Excess glass at lower tips of handles cut off and pinched to form a small disk.
Rim irregularly pulled outward and inward. Concave neck. Body shaped like an acorn tapering to a slight knob at base. Two coil handles applied to underside of rim and drawn down to shoulder but not attached. Handles positioned halfway between mold seams.
On the shoulder, a pattern of five horizontal bands of linked boxes, imitating the hard woody cupule surrounding the nut.
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