Pointed Bottle with Two Handles (Amphora)

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Pointed Bottle with Two Handles (Amphora)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th century CE

DimensionsH: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); Rim Diam: 2 in. (5.0 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm); Base Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)

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

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.995

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DescriptionThin glass, paper thin in body. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering Transparent natural pale green tint (10 G 6/2). Translucent dusky blue (5 BG 3/2) coils and handles. Body blown into a one-part patterned mold and expanded. Neck and mouth free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm. Added thread. Excess glass at tips of handle drawn out thin against handle on one side snapped off on the other. Rim rounded in flame. Tubular neck with constriction at its base. Sloping shoulder. Pointed body. Coil base forming knob. Two curved coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to middle of neck above neck coil where they are folded downward and upward to form a closed loop. On body, indistinct expanded mold-blown corrugations curving from top left to bottom right and eleven elongated deeply indented folds. Coil around lower part of neck, from left to right. Around mouth ca. 1.0 cm below rim, (rim coil of indeterminate direction). CLASSIFICATION: Pointed Bottle (Amphora) I A 2 d with handles I A 2 a.