Squat Bulbous Bottle on Base Ring

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Squat Bulbous Bottle on Base Ring

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date3rd century CE

DimensionsH: 4 1/4 in. (10.7 cm); Rim Diam: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Diam (body): 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, tooled, applied decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1345

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DescriptionThis squat bulbous bottle was free-blown using colorless glass that has a slight grayish yellow-green tinge (5 GY 7/2). The neck is medium thick while the body is thin. Small bubbles are visible throughout the glass. The rim is ground, and the tall tubular neck has a slight bulge above a constriction at its base. The horizontal shoulder slopes gently upward toward the neck. The body has a flattened hemispherical shape with its greatest diameter near the shoulder. Seven deep, nearly circular indentations were tooled into the body. The shoulder is decorated with five revolutions of a thin spiral thread applied while hot. The bottle has a flat base with a circular base coil. There is no pontil mark.

Published ReferencesGrose, David, "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 20, no. 3, 1978, p. 82, 85, repr. fig. 22.