Barrel-Shaped Bottle

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Barrel-Shaped Bottle

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Rim Diam: 3 5/32 in. (8.0 cm); Max Diam: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, tooled, and wheel cut

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.653

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DescriptionThis barrel-shaped bottle (Isings 1957, Form 12; Vessberg 1952, Beaker type A III, variation) is free-blown, tooled, and wheel-cut from medium thin glass. It is transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2). The surface fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. The rim is ground, the sides are convex, and the base is flattened. Decorative details include two shallow wheel-cut grooves — one at the rim and another approximately 2.0 cm below it — and a single wheel-cut incision about 2.5 cm above the base.