Bottle with Flat Bell-shaped Body
Bottle with Flat Bell-shaped Body
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, perhaps Cypriot
DateProbably First Half of Third Century
DimensionsH: 7 5/16 in. (18.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Body Diam: 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.621
Not on View
DescriptionColorless with yellow tinge; flat folded rim; neck widens toward shoulder; flattened bell shaped body. The resemblance of the shape of this type of vessel to a modern candlestick has resulted in the term "candlestick unguentarium."
Transparent decolored glass with yellowish gray tinge (5 Y 7/2).
Free-blown. No pontil mark.
Narrow hollow rim, outsplayed horizontally, rolled inward, and flattened to form a broad brim. Tall tapering neck with constriction at its base. Flat bell-shaped body less than one-fifth of total height with walls in an elongated "s" curve. Concave base.
CLASSIFICATION Candlestick Class VIIB1a
CONDITION Intact. Black pits on interior. Large areas of original surface eroded on exterior leaving an irregular iridescent surface resembling ice floes.
See also Cat. Nos.:
COLLECTIONS Thomas E. H. Curtis, Plainfield, N.J., no. B 46
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PUBLISHED
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First half of the first century CE
Late second to mid-third century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd-4th century CE
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