Candlestick Unguentarium CS53

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Candlestick Unguentarium CS53

Place of OriginEgypt

DateLast quarter of 1st to mid-2nd century

DimensionsH: 6 9/16 in. (16.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, opaque white trailing marvered in.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1099

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DescriptionThis bottle with a small conical body is made of medium thin glass that appears transparent natural light olive (near 10 Y 5/4) with an embedded opaque white spiral thread. The fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. The bottle is free-blown and tooled, with the opaque white trailing marvered into the surface. It has a hollow triangular rim that is folded outward and downward, then upward and inward. The tall neck is slightly concave with its narrowest point below the middle, ending with a tool mark and slight constriction at the base. A circular wad on the base is surrounded by a round scar about 1.8 cm in diameter. The small conical body forms about one-fifth of the total height, and the concave base features an embedded spiral thread that extends from the center of the base to the rim and is melted into the surface. This vessel is classified as Candlestick Class IA"2a.

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 137, no. 551 (A close parallel dated "First half(?) 2nd century A.D.")