Bulbous Bottle
Bulbous Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date5th century CE
DimensionsH: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Rim Diam: 3/4 in. (2 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2075
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin to medium thick glass. A few ovoid bubbles in body.
Transparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering.
Free-blown. No pontil mark.
Rim rounded in flame. Short tubular neck with bulge just above constriction at its base. Bulbous body with greatest diameter just below shoulder. Flattened base with slight depression in center.
On body, three rows of horizontally pinched warts: eight in top row, nine in center row, and four in bottom row (functioning as pinched toes).
CLASSIFICATION: Bulbous Bottle I A 1 a.
3rd-4th century CE
5th Century
5th century CE
5th-6th century CE
2nd-3rd century CE
6th century CE
Mid- to second half of first century
Probably fourth century
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