Bulbous Bottle with Spout

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 31/32 in. (5.0 cm); Base Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.6 cm); W (with spout): 3 17/32 in. (9.1 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1087

Not on View

DescriptionMedium thin glass. Pinprick and small bubbles. Blowing spirals. Transparent natural pale olive (10 Y 6/3). Similarly colored coils. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.5 cm. Applied spout. Added coils. Flaring rim, rounded in flame. Tall tubular neck with slight bulge above constriction at its base. Bulbous body with greatest diameter above middle. Concave base with kick. Short pointed spout applied to upper part of body. Coil below rim extends over ca. one-third length to edge of rim. Neck coil with buckle from left to right.