Bell-Shaped Bottle

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Bell-Shaped Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th century CE

DimensionsH: 8 1/2 in. (21.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm); Body Diam: 1 15/16 in. (5.0 cm); Base Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)

MediumGlass: mold blown, removed, free blown.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.620

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DescriptionThin glass. Small bubbles. Blowing spirals. Black specks. Transparent natural pale green (near 10 G 6/2). Body blown into a one-part patterned mold and expanded. Neck and mouth free-blown. No pontil mark. Rim rounded in flame. Small narrow funnel mouth. Tall thin tubular neck with curved transition to shoulder. Sloping shoulder. Bell-shaped body with greatest diameter at its base. Concave base. On body, 30 mold-blown and slightly expanded vertical corrugations from ca. 1.0 cm below shoulder to 1.5 cm above base. CLASSIFICATION Bottle II A 2 a