Bulbous Jug-Bottle with Four Handles
Bulbous Jug-Bottle with Four Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Northern Palestine or Syria
DateProbably fifth to sixth century
DimensionsH: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Body Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1049
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent pale blue green (near 5 BG 3/2). Translucent dusky blue green thread and handles (near 5 BG 3/2).
Free blown. No pontil mark. Added thread. Excess glass at tips of the three small handles drawn out thin against tops of handles and snapped off, at tip of large handle clipped off.
Flaring circular mouth with rim rounded in flame. Tubular neck. Sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at middle. Pushed-in base forms hollow base ring. Four curved coil handles applied to shoulder, three of them small and attached to neck, the fourth large and attached to the side of mouth where it is folded downward, inward, and upward to form a closed loop.
On mouth, nine horizontal revolutions of thread. At base of neck, seven revolutions of thread.
CLASSIFICATION: Multiple handled bottle Class IIC2a.
Mid-fourth to fifth century
Late fourth to early fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Sixth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
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