Piriform Bottle with Handle and Spout (Filler)

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Piriform Bottle with Handle and Spout (Filler)

Place of OriginRoman Empire

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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DescriptionThis vessel is made of medium thin glass that is transparent natural dusky yellow-green (near 5 GY 5/2) with similarly colored handle and decorative thread. Small bubbles are visible throughout. The bottle is free-blown with a pontil mark about 0.8 cm wide. A short pointed spout is applied to the upper part of the piriform body opposite the double vertical openwork handle. Excess glass forms a thin thread spiraled around the neck. The rim is rounded in flame, and the tall funnel neck has a constriction at its base. The piriform body sits on a concave base with a slight kick. The handle, shaped like the number three, is applied to the upper part of the vessel, then touched down to the lower neck and attached to the exterior of the rim. The neck bears ten revolutions of thin thread that spiral downward and then turn 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).