Fusiform Bottle (Unguentarium)

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Fusiform Bottle (Unguentarium)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.54 cm); Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

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

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.554

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DescriptionNumerous vertical linear bubbles. Translucent dark royal blue. Opaque white embedded thread. Free-blown. No pontil mark. Added thread tooled and melted into surface. Everted rim thickened and rounded in flame. Tall tapering neck with curved transition to shoulder. Fusiform body. Pointed base. Embedded white spiral threads from near base to rim, combed upward to form an irregular pattern of quintuple festoons around body and vertical threads on neck and rim.