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
DescriptionThis conical flask (Candlestick Class XD2a) is made of thick, translucent to transparent natural dark grayish-green glass. It was free-blown and tooled, with a circular pontil scar on the flat base, approximately 2.2 cm in diameter. Vertically elongated bubbles are visible in the neck.
The rim is tubular and was folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened. The tall cylindrical neck features a toolmark and a slight constriction at its base. The heavy, squat conical body comprises roughly one-third of the vessel’s total height.
This example differs from a similar bottle (acc. 23.0697) in the color and wall thickness, indicating production in a different workshop.
Late 2nd to early 3rd century CE
200-250 CE
probably 2nd century CE
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Probably second century
Probably second century
Last Quarter of 1st to Mid-2nd Century
First half of third century
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