Unguent Bottle
Date: Late 19th or first decade of 20th century
Dimensions:
H: 4 3/16 in. (10.7 cm); Diam: 15/16 in. (2.5 cm); Max Body Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Medium: Glass; free-blown, trailed and marvered decoration, applied handles.
Place of Origin: probably Spain
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.2398
DescriptionAmphoriskos. Cobalt-blue ground with opaque white and opaque orange decoration. Horizontal, uneven rim with rounded edge; cylindrical neck; almost right-angled junction with rounded shoulder; elongated ovoid body; pointed bottom; rounded base-knob, flat on the underside. Two cobalt-blue right-angled strap handles extend from the shoulder to the middle of the neck, rising vertically to the middle of the neck. A marvered opaque white thread begun on the shoulder and wound spirally, at first in horizontal lines, then tooled into a wide festoon pattern on the body; mingling with it, a marvered opaque orange thread; another opaque orange thread and an opaque white thread, both marvered, begun on the lower body and wound spirally, at first in horizontal lines, then tooled into an uneven festoon pattern to just above the base-knob.
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