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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DescriptionThis thin-walled vessel (Bottle II A 2 a) is made of transparent natural pale green glass (near 10 G 6/2), containing small bubbles, blowing spirals, and black specks. The body was blown into a one-part patterned mold and then further expanded, while the neck and mouth were free-blown. It does not have a pontil mark. The rim is rounded in flame, forming a small, narrow funnel-shaped mouth. The tall, thin tubular neck transitions smoothly into a sloping shoulder above a bell-shaped body with its greatest diameter at the base. The concave bottom completes the form. The body features 30 vertical mold-blown corrugations that begin about 1.0 cm below the shoulder and terminate 1.5 cm above the base.