Conical Jug with Trefoil Mouth

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Conical Jug with Trefoil Mouth

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

DateProbably fourth or fifth century

DimensionsH: 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm); Diam (rim): 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); Diam (body): 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1202

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent natural pale green (near 5 G 7/2). Translucent pale green handle and coils. Body blown into a vertically ribbed and grooved mold, twisted, and expanded. Neck and mouth free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.45 cm in diameter. Added coils. Excess glass at tip of handle folded backward against rim loop. Trefoil mouth; rim rounded in flame. Short cylindrical neck with smooth transition to body; no distinct shoulder. Conical body. Concave base. Straight plain irregularly shaped coil handle applied to shoulder and attached to top of rim where it was folded down to form a closed loop against underside of mouth. Rim coil and neck coil from left to right. On body, indistinct mold-blown, expanded corrugations slanting from top left to lower right and ending at edge of base. CLASSIFICATION: Jug Class IB1a with coil handle IA2a.