Piriform Bottle

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Piriform Bottle

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date2nd-3rd century CE

DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 4 11/16 × 1 1/8 × 2 15/16 in. (11.9 × 2.9 × 7.5 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Object number

1916.158

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DescriptionThis piriform bottle (Isings 1957, Form 16 or 28) is made of medium thin, transparent decolored or natural green glass. The vessel is free-blown and tooled, with no visible pontil mark. The glass contains small vertical linear bubbles in the neck, and there is an unintentional crimp extending from the rim to the base of the neck. The rim is carefully folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened to form a broad brim. A tall cylindrical neck, slightly constricted at its base, leads to a pear-shaped (piriform) body that tapers to a flattened base with a shallow central depression.