Bulbous Bottle
Bulbous Bottle
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Rim Diam: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); Body Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2412
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent manganese colored glass. Opaque white embedded thread appearing opaque light manganese colored glass.
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Added threads tooled and melted into surface.
Everted rim, slightly rounded in flame. Tall tapering neck with curved transition to shoulder. Squat bulbous body. Flattened base.
Two spiral threads from center of base to rim, combed upward to form four festoons on body.
Glass; free blown, threads picked up, reinflated and tooled.
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE (or modern?)
Early to mid-1st century CE
1st century CE
Mid-4th through early 3rd century BCE
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1412-1350 BCE
1st century CE
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