Conical Flask
Conical Flask
Place of Originprobably Roman Levant
Dateprobably 2nd century
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 3 1/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 11/16 in. (7.9 × 3.7 × 4.3 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1917.138
Not on View
DescriptionThick glass. Vertically elongated bubbles in the neck.
Translucent to transparent natural dark grayish-green.
Free-blown and tooled; circular pontil scar on the base, ca. D 2.2 cm.
Tubular rim folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened. Tall, cylindrical neck with a toolmark and a slight constriction at its base. Heavy, squat, conical body about one-third of the total height. Flat bottom.
CLASSIFICATION: Candlestick Class XD2a.
Probably second century
Probably second century
200-250 CE
Probably second century
Last Third of First Century
probably 2nd century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Probably second century
Last Quarter of 1st to Mid-2nd Century
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