Square Bottle

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Square Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date2nd-3rd century CE

DimensionsH: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Rim Diam: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); Body Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1153

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DescriptionTransparent manganese-colored grayish-red (10 R 4/2). Pontil mark ca. 1.0 cm. Tooled. Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Tubular neck with slight downward taper, slight tool mark at its base. Gently sloping shoulder. Square body formed by flattening walls. Base flattened with circular indentations in center. On each side of body, a relatively large shallow circular indentation formed by flattening walls on marver, then pressing in with tool. Thin glass. Pinprick and small spherical bubbles.