Bulbous Bottle
Bulbous Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
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?)
1st century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
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