Spherical Jug with Spouted Mouth on Base Ring

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Spherical Jug with Spouted Mouth on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Eastern Mediterranean

DateProbably fourth century

DimensionsH: 3 3/4 in. ( 9.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm); Base Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1205

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DescriptionMedium thick glass. Numerous small and medium-sized bubbles, many of which have burst at surface. Blowing spirals. Translucent streaky blue green (5 BG 3/2 to 5 BG 4/6). Similarly colored handle and coils. Free-blown. Underside of base coil rough, on one side a wad of glass from the pontil. Added coils. Excess glass at tip of handle folded backward into loop at rim. Spouted mouth; rim rounded and thickened in flame. Cylindrical neck with curved transition to shoulder. Nearly horizontal shoulder. Spherical body. Base coil. Straight plain coil handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim where it was pressed down to form a closed loop against the side of the mouth. Pinched horizontal projection at lower attachment. Rim coil from right to left. CLASSIFICATION: Jug Class IB3a with coil handle IA2ac.