Spherical Bottle
Spherical Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm); Diam: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1481
Not on View
DescriptionMade up of bands of translucent amber-colored and white glass, formed into festoon pattern with pointed tool.
Globular body with slender neck and flaring mouth rim. Oynx glass.
Medium thin glass. Small oval bubbles in neck and spherical bubbles in body.
Translucent brownish yellow. Opaque white embedded thread appearing opaque light brownish yellow near edge.
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Added thread, tooled and melted into surface.
Small flattened base.
1st century CE (or modern?)
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st-2nd Century CE
1st century CE
Last quarter of 1st to mid-2nd century
1st century CE
Probably fourth century
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