Piriform Bottle-Jug with One Handle

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Piriform Bottle-Jug with One Handle

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria or Palestine

DateSecond half of sixth to early seventh 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. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent natural pale green. Translucent similarly colored thread and handle. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm in diameter. Added thread. Excess glass at tip of handle drawn out thin against top of handle. Rim rounded in flame. Tall funnel neck with toolmark at its base. Strongly sloped shoulder. Piriform body with greatest diameter just below its midpoint. Domed base with pushed-in hollow tubular base ring. One double-tiered curved coil handle applied to shoulder and attached to thread at top of neck, then it was folded outward, upward, inward and down to the top of the rim to form a decorative open loop that projects above the rim. Around neck, 12 revolutions of thread. CLASSIFICATION: Piriform Bottle IC1b with coil handle IA1a.