Bulbous Jug with Spouted Mouth on Base Ring

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Bulbous Jug with Spouted Mouth on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria or Palestine

DateFourth century

DimensionsH: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Body Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Base Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1005

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DescriptionThis jug is made of medium-thin glass in a transparent natural pale green hue (5 G 7/2), with a translucent similarly colored handle that appears slightly yellowish. Small pinprick and spherical bubbles are visible. The vessel is free-blown with a pontil mark about 1.0 cm in diameter and added coils. Excess glass at the tip of the handle was drawn out thin and snapped off. Classified as Jug Class IB2b with strap handle IIB2a, the jug features a spouted mouth with a rim partially folded outward, upward, and inward. It has a cylindrical neck with a curved transition to a sloping shoulder. The bulbous body has its greatest diameter above the midpoint and ends in a convex base with a pushed-in hollow tubular base ring. A straight strap handle with two broad ribs on either side is applied to the shoulder and attached to the side of the rim, folded downward to form a closed loop under the spout. Neck and rim coils are present.