Spouted Jug on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Syria or Palestine

DateProbably mid-fourth to early fifth century

DimensionsH: 5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm); Rim Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Max Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Base Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1007

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Medium-sized vertically elongated bubbles in neck. Transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2). Greenish blue handles, thread and coil (near 5 B 5/6 but more green). Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.3 cm in diameter. Added threads and coil. Excess glass at tip of handle folded up against mouth, then out and down between handle and mouth. Spouted mouth; rim rounded in flame. Cylindrical neck with bulge above constriction at its base. Sloping shoulder. Inverted piriform body. Domed base with pushed-in hollow tubular base ring. Broad flat handle with four ribs between thickened edges applied to shoulder and attached to top of rim where it was folded down to form a closed loop against the underside of the mouth. Three careless revolutions of spiral thread on exterior of mouth below rim. Neck coil with buckle from left to right. CLASSIFICATION: Jug Class IIB2a with ribbed handle IIB2a.