Pear-Shaped Flask

Artist Unidentified

Period Roman Empire (Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Datelate 1st-4th century CE

Dimensions4 7/8 × 1 7/8 × 13/16 in. (12.4 × 4.7 × 2 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1908.44

Not on View

DescriptionThis thin-walled, transparent pale green glass vessel was free-blown and tooled. It features a tubular rim that is folded outward, upward, and inward. The tall cylindrical neck has a slight constriction and toolmark at the base. The body is pear-shaped (piriform), forming about half of the vessel's total height, with slightly concave walls and a flat bottom that contains a central depression. Small air bubbles are visible in the glass, including spherical ones in the body and vertical linear ones in the neck.