Small Flask

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Eastern Mediterranean, Syro-Palestine

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm); Rim Diam: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); Base Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.445

Not on View

DescriptionThis small flask was free-blown from thin, transparent dark manganese-colored glass. Small spherical bubbles are visible throughout. The everted rim is rounded and partially thickened in the flame. It has a tall cylindrical neck with slightly concave sides that transitions smoothly into a convex, sloping shoulder. The body is elongated and inverted conical, tapering to a solid pointed end.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Hayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, fig. 103, p. 52 (A similar piece with less distinct shoulder).