Squat Bulbous Jug with Spouted Mouth

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Squat Bulbous Jug with Spouted Mouth

Artist Unidentified

Period Roman Empire (Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)

Place of OriginProbably Syria, possibly from Hauran [Roman Empire]

Date2nd-4th century CE

Dimensions3 1/4 × 2 3/16 × 1 7/8 in. (8.3 × 5.6 × 4.7 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1908.70

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DescriptionThis squat bulbous jug (Jug Class IB1a with coil handle IA2d) is made from medium thin glass, featuring numerous pinprick and small spherical bubbles, and a few large ones in the neck and mouth. A single black speck appears in the handle, and blowing spirals are visible. The vessel is transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2) with a similarly colored translucent handle. It was free-blown and tooled, with no pontil mark, and the excess glass at the handle tip was clipped off. The jug has a spouted funnel mouth with a rim rounded and thickened in flame, a short tapering neck that transitions smoothly into a squat bulbous body with its greatest diameter at the midpoint, and a concave base with a tooled kick. A curved plain coil handle is applied from the shoulder to the rim. The body displays three shallow, irregularly placed circular indentations—two flanking the handle and one opposite it.