Cylindrical Bottle

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Cylindrical Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 1 31/32 in. (5.0 cm); Diam (rim): 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Diam (body): 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1385

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DescriptionFabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Opaque red. Greenish black surface. Translucent patchy green base. Medium thin glass. Free-blown. No pontil mark. Broad hollow rim, folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened. Cylindrical neck with curved transition to shoulder. Sloping shoulder. Cylindrical body with slight downward taper. Concave base.

Published ReferencesGrose, David, "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 20, no. 3, 1978, p. 85, repr. fig. 22.