Piriform Bottle

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Piriform Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

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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DescriptionFabric cannot be determined because of weathering. No pontil mark. Added threads, tooled and melted into surface. Everted rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall cylindrical neck with slight tool mark at its base. Piriform body. Flattened base. Embedded opaque white spiral thread, combed upward and downward to form an irregular pattern of quintuple feathers on body and neck. Translucent amber. Opaque white thread. Medium thin glass.