Bulbous Bottle with Multiple Handles

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Bulbous Bottle with Multiple Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine

DateSixth century

DimensionsH: 8 1/16 in. (20.4 cm); Diam: 2 1/16 in. (4 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1215

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DescriptionTranslucent rather heavy greenish glass. Medium thick glass. Numerous small and medium-sized ovoid and vertically elongated bubbles and some large bubbles in lower body. Tranparent natural yellowish green (between 10 GY 4/4 and 10 GY 5/2). Translucent similarly colored handles, thread, and pad base. Free blown. Pontil mark ca. 2.2 cm. Added thread. Excess glass at tips of handles clipped off. Rim rounded and thickened in flame with tool mark on interior. Tubular neck. Gently sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter just below shoulder. Pad base with slanting tool marks on interior and exterior. Six angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to lower part of neck, arcaded with six separate coils to make the second tier, which is topped by four angular coil side handles attached below rim and folded downward, inward, and upward to form a closed loop, then inward over rim and flattened. Around neck from above shoulder to rim, 14 revolutions of thread trailed upward from left to right. Elongated pear shaped body contracted toward the bottom, standing on a low flaring foot. Tall tubular neck with an elaborate system of decorative handles connecting body, neck and mouth rim. CLASSIFICATION: Multiple handled Bottle Class VG3b.