Bulbous Bottle with Inner Diaphragm (Sprinkler)

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Bulbous Bottle with Inner Diaphragm (Sprinkler)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date5th-7th century CE

DimensionsMax H: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm); Max Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1909

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent natural pale olive (10 Y 6/2). Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.4 cm, over reamer mark. Tooled. Funnel neck with rim rounded in flame and a pronounced projecting roll below. Constriction at base of neck where an interior cutout forms a diaphragm with an aperture of ca. 0.7 cm. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at middle. Concave base with a ring of five irregularly pinched feet. On body, five irregularly placed pinched spikes. Small circular toolmarks in center on either side of spikes and toes.