Squat Piriform Bottle with One Handle (Jug)
Squat Piriform Bottle with One Handle (Jug)
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm): Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Diam (body): 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown; tooled; applied handle
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.965
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small spherical bubbles in body, vertically elongated bubbles in neck.
Natural light green; natural light green applied handle; flared, folded rim; cylindrical neck; wide handle extends from neck to shoulder; inverted hemispherical body.
Transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2). Translucent similarly colored handle.
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Excess glass at tip of handle folded upward, downward, and upward against neck, then backward on top of handle.
Flaring rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck with bulge above constriction at its base. Squat piriform body. Flattened base with depression in center. Broad flat handle from upper part of body to upper part of neck.
1st century CE
1st-2nd century CE
4th century CE
4th century CE
2nd-3rd century CE
2nd century
1st century CE
Probably end of third to mid-fourth century
Probably fourth century
Fourth century
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