Piriform Bottle with Inner Diaphragm (Sprinkler)
Piriform Bottle with Inner Diaphragm (Sprinkler)
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Body Diam: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
MediumGlass; mold-blown, tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1953.150
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Numerous small bubbles. Black specks. Blowing spirals.
Transparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering.
Body blown into a two-part patterned mold and expanded. Edges of mold carefully aligned; seam continues across base. Relief relatively crisp. Neck and mouth free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 2.0 cm.
Rim outsplayed at a 45-degree angle, rounded in flame with slight cutout below edge. Tubular neck with slight bulge above constriction at its base where an interior cutout forms a diaphragm with an aperture of ca. 0.7 cm. Piriform body. Concave base. Crooked vessel.
On either half of body, expanded pattern of three rows of three concentric circles within hexagons divided by wafers. All wafers consist of four lozenges. Design widens substantially in center row of pattern.
3rd-4th century CE
5th-6th century CE
2nd-3rd century CE
Probably third century
Probably early third century
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