Donut-Shaped Bottle with Two Handles (Lenticular Donut)

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Donut-Shaped Bottle with Two Handles (Lenticular Donut)

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm); Body Diam: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); Body Thickness: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown, tooled, applied handles.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1346

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DescriptionThis donut-shaped bottle, classified as Donut-Shaped Bottle I C 4 f with handles I A 1 b, was free-blown using medium thin glass with a natural light olive tint (near 10 Y 5/4). The bottle shows numerous medium-sized elongated bubbles in the neck and upper body, and oval, diagonally elongated bubbles in the body. The handles are streaky translucent pale green (10 G 6/2) and dark reddish-brown (10 R 3/4). The hollow rim is folded outward, upward, inward, and downward, with a tool mark visible along the interior. It has a distinct mouth and a funnel-shaped neck that meets a steeply sloped shoulder. The circular, flat-sided body is formed by joining the body walls at the center, leaving an oval of flat glass measuring approximately 2.8 by 2.2 cm. The base is a pad base with diagonal tool marks on the exterior surface. Two curved solid handles are applied to the shoulder and attached to the rim. Each handle is folded upward, inward, downward, and pinched to form diagonal projections above the rim. The pontil mark is about 1.3 cm in diameter. Excess glass at the tips of the handles was folded back against the tops and flattened.