Flask

Place of OriginSyria-Palestine

Date1st-2nd Century CE

DimensionsH: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Rim Diam: 15/16 in. (2.45 cm); Body Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown; tooled; applied decoration.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.507

Not on View

DescriptionThin glass. Linear bubbles in neck. Purple body with yellow streaks; applied purple decoration; flared rim; neck widens toward shoulder; spherical body; body decorated with an applied spiral thread. Translucent to transparent streaked dark manganese colored glass. Translucent pale green (near colorless) thread. Free-blown. No pontil mark. Added thread. Everted rim, rounded in flame. Tall tapering neck. Oval body with greatest diameter at middle. Base flattened. Spiral thread from lower part of neck to just above base.

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Onterio Museum, Toronto, 1975, fig. 111, p. 53.