Unguent Bottle (Amphora)
Date: Late 19th or first decade of 20th century
Dimensions:
H: 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm); Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm); Max Body Diam: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm)
Medium: glass
Place of Origin: possibly Spain
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.2402
DescriptionAmphora. Dark purple ground (appearing black), with opaque yellow, opaque white, and opaque red decoration. Outsplayed rim with rounded edge; funnel-shaped neck; obtuse-angled junction with rounded shoulder; wide ovoid body; almost pointed bottom; almost spherical base-knob, flat on the underside. Two purple strap handles extend from the shoulder to the middle of the neck, rising vertically to just below the rim. An unmarvered opaque yellow thread attached at the edge of the rim; an opaque yellow thread, unmarvered, begun on the neck and wound spirally six times in horizontal lines; another opaque yellow thread (appearing green), with threads in opaque white and opaque red, all marvered, begun on the shoulder and upper body and tooled into a carelessly formed, horizontal wavelike pattern. Glass; free-blown, or possibly mold-blown, trailed and marvered decoration, applied handles.
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