Lentoid Bottle with One Handle

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Lentoid Bottle with One Handle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1164

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few pinprick bubbles. Transparent grayish-green (5 G 6/2). Similarly colored translucent handle and threads (appearing darker). Free-blown. Oval scar on base, ca. 1.1 x 0.7 cm. Added thread. Body flattened. Tip of handle folded inward against rim. Hollow flaring rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall cylindrical neck with curved transition to shoulder. Circular flat sided body, more than half of total height. Round base; vessel cannot stand. Coil handle from shoulder to top of rim. On body, four spirals of thread above irregular zigzag pattern.