Squat Bulbous Bottle
Squat Bulbous Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Rim Diam: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/32 in. (5.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, threads picked up and combed, reinflated and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1484
Not on View
DescriptionMany small spherical and a few large spherical and ovoid bubbles.
Translucent dark royal blue. Opaque light blue thread.
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Added threads tooled and melted into surface.
Everted rim, rounded in flame. Short tapering neck with curved transition to shoulder. Squat bulbous body. Flattened base.
Two spiral threads from base to rim with wavy loops on neck. Short length of thread on center of base.
1st century CE
1st century CE (or modern?)
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
1st century CE
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