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Piriform Bottle

Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date2nd-3rd century
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 5 1/16 × 1 5/16 × 2 3/4 in. (12.9 × 3.3 × 7 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1916.157
Not on View
DescriptionThis piriform bottle (Isings 1957, Form 16 or 28) is made of medium thin, transparent natural pale green glass (near 10 G 6/2). The vessel is free-blown and tooled, with no visible pontil mark. The surface includes numerous small spherical and pinprick bubbles in the body, as well as elongated vertical bubbles in the neck. The rim is carefully folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened to create a broad brim. It has a tall, cylindrical neck with a slight tooling mark at its base, transitioning into a piriform body that narrows towards a flattened base with a subtle central depression.

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