Conical Flask

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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

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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.