Piriform Bottle

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Piriform Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st-2nd century CE

DimensionsH: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); Body Diam: 3 9/16 in. (9.0 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1130

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DescriptionThick glass. Vertically elongated bubbles in neck. Transparent natural pale blue green (5 BG 7/2). Free-blown; no trace of pontil mark. Rim folded outward and ground with shallow groove on its interior. Tall cylindrical neck with tool mark at its base. Piriform body. Base flattened with slight depression in center. CLASSIFICATION: Imitates Isings 1957, Form 16.