Piriform Bottle on Base Ring

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Piriform Bottle on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown; tooled; decoration mold-pressed and applied.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.2013

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DescriptionMedium thick glass. A few small bubbles. Pontil mark ca. 2.3 cm, under reamer mark. Applied pre-formed decoration. An unintentional small blob of translucent natural green glass on upper part of neck. Collar rim outsplayed horizontally and rounded in flame with a cut-out below edge. Tubular neck tapering downward to constriction at its base where an interior cut-out forms a diaphragm with an aperture of ca. 0.3 cm. Piriform body. Concave base with hollow pushed-in tubular base ring. On body, six concave stamped disks set zigzag in rows of three. Each disk pre-stamped with a nine-leaf rosette and convex heart. Transparent natural dusky yellow green (5 GY 5/2). Translucent greenish blue disks (not in rock color chart). Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 2.3 cm, under reamer mark. Applied pre-formed decoration. An unintentional small blob of translucent natural green glass on upper part of neck. Collar rim outsplayed horizontally and rounded in flame with a cut-out below edge. Tubular neck tapering downward to constriction at its base where an interior cut-out forms a diaphragm with an aperture of ca. 0.3 cm. Piriform body. Concave base with hollow pushed-in tubular base ring. On body, six concave stamped disks set zigzag in rows of three. Each disk pre-stamped with a nine leaf rosette and convex heart.