Ovoid Bottle on Base Ring
Ovoid Bottle on Base Ring
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 3 25/32 in. (9.7 cm); Rim Diam: 31/32 in. (2.5 cm); Max Body Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled with hot-tooled applied thread decoration.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.903
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Linear bubbles aligned diagonally in neck. Blowing spirals.
Transparent natural pale olive (near 10 y 6/2). Translucent similarly-colored thread.
Pontil mark ca. 1.7 cm. Added thread.
Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Concave neck with curved transition to shoulder. Strongly sloped shoulder. Ovoid body. Flat base with depression in center. Hollow tubular pushed-in base ring.
At base of neck, one and a half revolutions of thread. On body from just above base to shoulder, zigzag thread with seven points in either direction.
CLASSIFICATION: Bottle II D 3 b.
3rd-5th century CE
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Late fourth to late fifth century
3rd-5th century CE
3rd-5th century CE
4th-5th century CE
Late 4th-5th century CE
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
Fourth century
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