Pointed Bottle with Two Handles (Amphora)

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Pointed Bottle with Two Handles (Amphora)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); Body Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1190

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DescriptionThin glass. Black specks in one handle. Blowing spirals. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent natural yellowish green (not in rock color chart). Translucent similarly colored handles and base knob. Free-blown. Pontil mark difficult to determine because of weathering. Added thread. Excess glass at tips of handles folded back against top of handle. Rim rounded in flame. Circular mouth. Tubular neck. Gently sloping shoulder. Pointed body. Base knob. Two angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to rim where they are folded downward, upward, and pinched on one side to form a diagonal projection. Rim coil of indeterminate direction. Neck coil around lower part of neck from left to right. On body, eight elongated deeply indented folds. CLASSIFICATION: Pointed Bottle II A 2 g with handles I A 1 b; Barag pl. 38, type 8-1.