Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles
Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.997
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. Medium-sized elongated linear bubbles in neck.
Transparent to translucent manganese colored grayish red (10 R 4/2). Translucent similarly colored handles appearing very dusky red (10 R 2/2).
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.0 cm. Excess glass at preserved tip of one handle drawn out thin against top of handle.
Rim rounded in flame with tool mark along interior. Tall tubular neck. Sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at shoulder. Concave base. Two curving coil handles applied to shoulder, bent in very close to neck halfway to rim, and originally (?) attached to rim.
CLASSIFICATION: Bulbous Bottle II A 3 a with handles I A 2 d.
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
First half of fourth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably fourth century
3rd-5th century CE ?
Probably fourth century
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