Bulbous Bottle on Foot

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Bulbous Bottle on Foot

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 9 11/16 in. (24.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm); Body Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.6 cm); Base Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)

MediumGlass; blown in a mold, removed, twisted, free blown, tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.769

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DescriptionTransparent natural yellow-green (between 5 GY 7/2 and 5 GY 5/2). Similarly colored neck thread and pad-base. Body blown into a one-part vertically ribbed and grooved mold, twisted and expanded. Neck free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.4 cm. Added thread. Rim rounded and thickened outward in flame. Funnel neck with tool mark at its base. Tall bag-shaped body with round bottom. Pad-base with small solid stem. Ca. 1.5 cm below rim, one and three-quarters revolutions of thread. On body, ca. 20 curved corrugations from top left to lower right, from ca. 1.5 cm below neck to ca. 3.5 cm above stem. CLASSIFICATION: Bottle I C 1 f.