Bulbous Bottle
Bulbous Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/16 in. (4.3 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1240
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. Numerous small and medium bubbles (0.6 cm). Black specks.
Transparent natural pale green (near 10 G 6/2).
Free-blown. No pontil mark.
Rim rounded in flame. Large cup-shaped chimney mouth. Tapering neck with curved transition to shoulder. Sloping shoulder with bulge. Inverted conical body with straight walls tapering down to base. Deeply concave base.
On mouth, three revolutions of thick thread from right to left starting at bottom.
CLASSIFICATION: Bottle II B 2 a.
Late 4th-5th century CE
4th-5th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Fourth century CE
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
4th-6th century CE
Late fourth to mid-fifth century
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