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
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering.
Free-blown. Body possibly mold-blown. No pontil mark.
Collar rim, rounded in flame with slight cut-out below. Funnel neck with slight bulge above constriction at its base. Gently sloping shoulder. Inverted conical body with straight walls tapering down to base. Concave base.
CLASSIFICATION: Bottle I C 5 a.
3rd-5th century CE
4th-5th century CE
4th-5th century CE
2nd-3rd century CE
Early to mid-4th century
4th-5th century CE
4th-5th century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
3rd-5th century CE
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