Bottle with internal tooling
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Bottle with internal tooling
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syro-Palestinian coast
Date5th century CE
DimensionsH: 7 13/16 in. (18.5 cm); Diam: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
MediumGlass; blown, trail-decorated, and tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.534
Not on View
DescriptionThis bottle was shaped by blowing and finished with both external and internal decoration. Fine threads of glass are wrapped around the neck, highlighted by thicker colored coils. Inside the body, narrow hollow threads were formed during the blowing process—a complex technique that adds delicate internal decoration. Raised bumps along the shoulder add texture to the surface.
Published ReferencesGrose, David, "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 20, no. 3, 1978, p. 82, repr. fig. 30.
Lees-Causey, Catherine, "Some Roman Glass in The J. Paul Getty Museum," The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, vol. 11, 1983, p. 154.
Grose, David, "The Origins and Early History of Glass," The History of Glass, London, 1984, repr. p. 34.
Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 47-48, repr. (col.) fig. 17.1. (erroneously numbered 1923.1239 on p. 47)
5th century CE
Late 4th-5th century CE
5th Century
5th-6th century CE
1st - 2nd centry CE
Probably early third century
Probably second half of fourth to early fifth century
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
1st century CE
Medieval Islamic period, about 12th-13th century
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