Sperical Bottle with Two Handles

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Sperical Bottle with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Dateabout 1st-2nd Century

DimensionsH: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Diam (body): 2 3/16 in. (6.1 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, tooled, wheel cut; applied handles

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1012

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DescriptionThick glass. Pinprick and small spherical bubbles. Natural light green; spherical body; thick flattened rim; short neck; two small handles extend from neck to shoulder; center of body decorated with wheel cut groove, with thinner groove on either side. Transparent to translucent natural dusky yellow (5 GY 5/2). Free-blown. No pontil mark. Wheel-cut decoration. Hollow collar rim, folded outward, downward, outward, upward, and flattened to form a brim. Cylindrical neck with constriction at its base. Horizontal shoulder. Spherical body. Base slightly flattened. Two coil handles from shoulder to underside of rim. Three bands of wheel-cut incisions around center of body; the middle band is a shallow groove. CLASSIFICATION Isings 1957, Form 61