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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DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few pinprick and small spherical bubbles. Transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2). Translucent similarly colored handle but appearing slightly yellowish. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.0 cm in diameter. Added coils. Excess glass at tip of handle drawn out thin and snapped off. Spouted mouth; rim partially folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck with curved transition to shoulder. Sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter above its midpoint. Convex base with pushed-in hollow tubular base ring. Straight strap handle with two broad ribs on either side applied to shoulder and attached to side of rim where it was folded downward to form a closed loop against the underside of the mouth. Neck coil, rim coil. CLASSIFICATION: Jug Class IB2b with strap handle IIB2a.