Piriform Bottle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-5th century CE

Dimensions6 × 2 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (15.2 × 7 × 3.8 cm)

MediumGlass; expanded mold blown, applied decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.746

Not on View

DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small bubbles. Blowing spirals. Transparent natural light olive (near 10 Y 5/4). Similarly colored thread. Body blown into a one-part ribbed and grooved mold and expanded. Neck free-blown. No pontil mark. Added thread. Rim rounded in flame. Tall funnel neck with tool mark at its base. Strongly, steeply sloping shoulder. Piriform body. Concave base. On body, thirty slightly S-shaped corrugations. On middle and lower part of neck, 10 revolutions of thread from right to left, starting at top. CLASSIFICATION: Bottle I C 1 a.