Multiple Bottle with One Handle

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Multiple Bottle with One Handle

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm); Body Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1209

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DescriptionThis multiple bottle with one handle is free-blown and tooled from medium thin transparent natural pale grayish green glass (between 5 G 7/2 and 10 GY 5/2); a few small bubbles and blowing spirals are visible, and the fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. The bottle has no pontil mark. Its rim is rounded in flame and flattened inward, leading to a concave neck with a curved transition to the shoulder. The bulbous body has its greatest diameter at the center and is vertically divided into two compartments, with a flattened base and a concave area under the larger compartment. A coil handle is applied to the shoulder and attached to the upper part of the neck where it is folded inward and upward to the edge of the rim.