Fusiform Bottle (Unguentarium)

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Fusiform Bottle (Unguentarium)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Diam (rim): 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Diam (body): 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm); Diam (base): 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, threads picked up, reinflated and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1383

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DescriptionNumerous pinprick and small spherical bubbles. Opaque red with opaque white flecks; dark red area of discoloration around each fleck. Free-blown. No pontil mark. Chips of glass picked up, blown out with vessel, and melted completely into surface. Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall cylindrical neck. Ovoid body with greatest diameter at middle. Pushed-in base with hollow tubular base ring; depression in center. Opaque white vertical dashes on entire vessel.