Piriform Bottle

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Piriform Bottle

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)

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

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.417

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DescriptionFree-blown piriform bottle with a tall cylindrical neck, slightly flattened base, and everted rim folded outward, upward, and inward. The surface is decorated with an opaque white spiral thread, embedded and combed both upward and downward to form an irregular pattern of five-part feather-like motifs on the neck and body. The glass is translucent amber with medium-thin walls; the exact fabric is indeterminate due to weathering. No pontil mark is visible. The applied thread is melted into the surface.