Double Convex Bottle

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Double Convex Bottle

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date6th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Body Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.1 cm)

MediumGlass; expanded mold-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1321

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DescriptionThis small Roman bottle, classified as Bottle II A 2 a, was made from transparent to translucent dark blue glass. The body was blown into a single-part patterned mold and then expanded, while the neck and mouth were shaped freehand. The surface is tooled, and the glass remains thin with a few small bubbles. There is no visible pontil mark. The bottle has a chimney-shaped mouth with a rim rounded in flame. A short tubular neck transitions smoothly into a sloping shoulder. The double convex body has its greatest diameter below the middle of the lower half, tapering down to a concave base. Around the body are about twenty-seven indistinct vertical corrugations from just below the neck to just above the base. Four irregular pinched warts appear on one side near the base.