Unguent Bottle
Date: Late nineteenth or first decade of twentieth century
Dimensions:
H: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm); Max Body Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm)
Medium: glass
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.170
DescriptionColorless with yellowish tinge, with opaque white decoration. Broad, almost horizontal, uneven rim-disk with rounded edge; uneven cylindrical neck; almost right-angled junction with rounded shoulder; elongated top-shaped body; almost pointed bottom; rounded base-knob, flat on the underside. Two small, opaque white strap handles extend from the shoulder to the uppermost part of the neck, rising vertically to the top of the neck. Several widely spaced, unmarvered opaque white threads begun on the shoulder and carelessly tooled into a pattern reminiscent of ivy leaves; on the lower body, other unmarvered opaque white threads begun and tooled into a leaf-shaped pattern. Glass; free blown; trailed and marvered decoration; applied handles.
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