Piriform Bottle with Handle and Spout (Filler)

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Piriform Bottle with Handle and Spout (Filler)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1088

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small bubbles. Transparent natural dusky yellow-green (near 5 GY 5/2). Similarly colored handles and thread. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 0.8 cm. Applied spout. Added thread. Rim rounded in flame. Tall funnel neck with constriction at its base. Piriform body. Concave base with kick. Double vertical openwork handle in the shape of a three applied to upper part of bottle, touched down to lower part of neck and attached to exterior of rim. A short pointed spout on upper part of body opposite handle. On neck, ten revolutions of thin thread starting just above center of neck and revolving downward in three spirals, then turning back upward.

Published ReferencesPuma, Richard Daniel de, Art In Roman Life: Villa to Grave, Rome, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2009, p. 95, no. 104.Exhibition HistoryCedar Rapids Museum of Art, Art in Roman Life: Villa to Grave, September 2003-August 2005 (no catalog).