Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles

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Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.999

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent light olive (5 Y 5/6). Translucent pale olive handles and coils. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm. Added coils. Excess glass at tip of one handle clipped off of the other handle folded back and pinched. Rim rounded in flame. Tubular neck. Gently sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter just below shoulder. Pushed-in base. Two curved coil handles applied at shoulder and attached halfway up neck where they are folded upward and outward over neck coil and pinched to form a horizontal projection. Rim coil of indeterminate direction and neck coil halfway down neck from left to right. CLASSIFICATION: Bottle II A 1 b with handles I A 2 b.