Piriform Jug on Base Ring

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Piriform Jug on Base Ring

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

DateFourth century

DimensionsH: 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 15/16 in. (5 cm); Diam: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, applied handle and foot

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.736

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DescriptionOpaque blue body, handle and foot; flared, folded rim; ovoid body; handle, with thumbrest extends to base; applied coiled foot. Translucent dark royal blue (not in rock color chart). Similarly colored handle and coil. Free-blown. No pontil mark. Excess glass at lower tip of handle folded upward and backward against top of trail. Circular mouth; unworked rim with slight bulge below. Concave funnel neck with gradual curved transition to shoulder. Strongly sloped shoulder. Piriform body. Base with triple spiral coil. Angular plain coil wishbone handle applied to center of neck and attached to center of body, continuing as a corrugated trail over first spiral of base coil. Decorative domed rectangle on trail ca. 1.0 cm below handle. Pinched diagonal projection forms a thumbrest. CLASSIFICATION Jug Class IA3c with coil handle IAC2bc

Published ReferencesLabino, Dominick, Visual Art in Glass, Dubuque, Iowa, W. C. Brown, 1968, p. 24 repr.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, p. 31 repr.