Piriform Bottle-Jug with One Handle

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Piriform Bottle-Jug with One Handle

Place of OriginRoman Empire, Syria or Palestine

DateSecond half of 6th to early 7th century

DimensionsH: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm); Body Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1188

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DescriptionThin glass; the fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. The vessel is transparent natural pale green with a translucent similarly colored thread and handle, but the exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. It is free-blown with a pontil mark about 1.1 cm in diameter. A thread was added around the neck, and excess glass at the tip of the handle was drawn out thin against the top of the handle. The jug has a rim rounded in flame, a tall funnel neck with a toolmark at its base, a strongly sloped shoulder, and a piriform body with its greatest diameter just below the midpoint. The domed base has a pushed-in hollow tubular base ring. A double-tiered curved coil handle is applied to the shoulder and attached to the thread at the top of the neck, then folded outward, upward, inward, and down to the top of the rim to form a decorative open loop that projects above the rim. Around the neck are twelve revolutions of thread. This vessel belongs to Piriform Bottle IC1b with coil handle IA1a.