Ovoid Jar on Three Pinched Feet

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Ovoid Jar on Three Pinched Feet

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date3rd century CE

DimensionsH: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/8 in (6.0 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled, decoration hot-tooled on.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.926

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DescriptionThis jar, made in the third century CE, was shaped by blowing and tooling techniques, with decoration added while the glass was still hot. It has an ovoid body, a folded rim, and a short concave neck. Three small feet were pinched from the base, each with visible tool marks. Two handles were added from the shoulder to the rim, where the tips were pinched into upward folds. A thin thread was wrapped around the body in seven loops.