Pointed Jug with Spouted Mouth on Base Ring

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Pointed Jug with Spouted Mouth on Base Ring

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

DateByzantine period

DimensionsH: 5 27/32 in. (14.3 cm); Diam (at shoulder): 2 11/32 in. (6.0 cm); Base Diam: 3/4 in. (2.0 cm)

MediumGlass; mold-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1238

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DescriptionThis vessel is made of transparent to translucent glass with a streaky manganese tint. The handle is similarly colored. The exact color cannot be determined due to weathering. The glass is thin and contains a pontil mark about 0.9 cm wide. The fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. The body was probably blown into a vertically ribbed and grooved mold, then twisted, reinserted, and twisted in the opposite direction. The neck and mouth were free-blown. The jug has a spouted mouth with a rim folded outward, upward, and inward. The cylindrical neck has a curved transition to a sloping shoulder with a slight bulge below the edge of the mold. The pointed body ends in a flattened base coil. A curved plain ribbon handle is applied to the shoulder and attached to the edge of the rim where it projects slightly above the rim. The body shows a mold-blown pattern of ten rows of irregularly shaped lozenges with raised outlines that extend from the shoulder to about 1.0 cm above the base. The design is less distinct on one side. This object is classified as Jug Class IB3b with strap handle.