Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles and Base Coil

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Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles and Base Coil

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century

DimensionsH: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.738

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DescriptionTransparent natural green. Translucent manganese colored grayish red coils and handles (near 10 R 4/2). Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. No pontil mark. Added coils. Excess glass at tips of preserved handle folded back along top and down side of handle, then clipped off. Everted rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Tapering neck. Nearly horizontal shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at shoulder. Base coil. Two angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to neck below neck coil where it is folded outward and downward to form a closed loop. Neck coil of indeterminate direction ca. 2.0 cm below rim. CLASSIFICATION: Bottle II B 3 d.