Straight-Walled Bottle
Straight-Walled Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-5th century CE
DimensionsH: 5 3/4 in. (14.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Body Diam: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.701
Not on View
DescriptionThis object has a wide rim shaped by heating and a funnel-like neck that narrows at the base. Its walls taper downward in a straight, cone-like form, ending in a concave bottom. The exact color is uncertain due to weathering, but it was originally green and made using blowing techniques.
3rd-5th century CE
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably mid-first century
1st century CE
Late fourth through end of fifth century
Possibly fourth century
3rd-4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Sixth to early seventh century
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