Squat Bulbous Bottle
Squat Bulbous Bottle
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date2nd-3rd century CE
DimensionsH: 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Max Diam: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.623
Not on View
DescriptionThe bottle was made from transparent decolored glass using free-blowing and tooling techniques. It has a flaring rim that is rounded and thickened in the flame. The tall tapering neck transitions smoothly to the shoulder. The squat, bulbous body makes up less than one-third of the overall height and is widest below the middle. The base is recessed with a pronounced kick and a circular scar approximately 1.0 cm in diameter. The glass is thin with small vertically elongated bubbles in the neck and body, and vertical linear bubbles in the neck.
Last Quarter of 1st to Mid-2nd Century
200-250 CE
Late second to mid-3rd century
4th-5th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
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