Piriform Jug on Base Ring
Piriform Jug on Base Ring
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateSecond half of fourth to early fifth century
DimensionsH: 6 3/4 in. (17.3 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm); Body Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm); Base Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.983
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Concentrations of small bubbles in body, elongated diagonally in neck. A few black specks.
Transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2). Similarly colored threads and translucent yellowish pale green handle (not in rock color chart).
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm in diameter. Added coil and thread. Excess glass at tip of handle cut off. Flat toolmark on interior of handle where it is bent toward rim.
Flaring circular mouth; rim rounded in flame. Cylindrical neck with gradual transition to the shoulder. Piriform body. Pushed-in low foot with flat base and hollow tubular base ring. Straight plain coil handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim where it is pressed downward and upward to form a closed loop against the side of the mouth.
Five revolutions of thread on mouth. Neck coil.
CLASSIFICATION: Jug IA2a with plain coil handle IA2a.
Second half of fourth century
Probably second half of fourth to early fifth century
Second half of fourth century
Second half of fourth to early fifth century
2nd-4th century CE
Probably second half of fourth to early fifth century
Second half of fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth or early fifth century
Second half of fourth century
Fourth century
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