Squat Bulbous Bottle

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Squat Bulbous Bottle

Place of OriginRoman Empire

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

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DescriptionThis squat bulbous bottle was free-blown from translucent dark royal blue glass with an opaque light blue thread decoration. The fabric includes many small spherical bubbles and a few larger spherical and ovoid bubbles, which formed during the blowing process. The bottle has an everted rim, rounded in the flame, a short tapering neck that curves smoothly into the shoulder, and a squat rounded body with a flattened base. Two spiral threads run from the base to the rim, forming wavy loops on the neck, with a short length of thread placed on the center of the base.