Conical Flask
Conical Flask
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, probably Syria or Palestine
DateProbably 2nd century
DimensionsH: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Max Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.628
Not on View
DescriptionThis flask is classified as a Candlestick Unguentarium, with a squat conical form. It is made of transparent natural pale green glass. The rim is tubular, outsplayed, and folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. The tall, tapering neck has a tooling mark and a slight constriction at its base. The body is squat and conical, about one-fourth of the vessel’s total height, with a flat bottom. The glass is thin, with blowing spirals and a few pinprick and vertically elongated bubbles in the body and neck. There is no pontil mark.
Probably 2nd century
2nd-4th century CE
probably 2nd century
Probably Late 1st to early 2nd Century
Late 1st to mid-2nd century
Last third of 1st century CE
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