Pointed Bottle with Two Handles (Amphora)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th-5th century CE

DimensionsH: 7 in. (17.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Body Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

MediumGlass; blown in a mold, removed, twisted, free blown, and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.992

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DescriptionThin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent natural grayish yellow green (5 GY 7/2). Translucent dusky green (5 G 3/2) thread, handles, and base coil. Body blown into a patterned mold. Neck and rim free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm. Added thread. Excess glass at tips of handles folded back against top of one handle, folded under and snapped off on other handle. Rim rounded in flame. Funnel neck. Sloping shoulder. Pointed body. Coil base forming knob. Two curved coil handles applied to shoulder and attached halfway up neck where they are folded downward and upward. On body, expanded mold-blown corrugations curving from top left to bottom right and nine elongated shallow indentations. On neck, 25 revolutions of thread. CLASSIFICATION: Pointed Bottle (Amphora) I C 1 d with handles I A 2 a.