Lenticular Bottle

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Lenticular Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Body Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.773

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DescriptionThin glass. Small spherical bubbles in body and vertically elongated bubbles in neck. Transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2). Free-blown. No pontil mark. Body flattened on two sides. Horizontal pinch on one side of vessel just above base and depression below neck on other side which are probably unintentional results of the flattening process. Everted rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall cylindrical neck with constriction at its base. Circular flat-sided body, about two-thirds of total height, with walls tapering down to base. Round base; vessel cannot stand.