Squat Cylindrical Bottle with One Handle (Jug)
Squat Cylindrical Bottle with One Handle (Jug)
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date2nd-3rd century CE
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 3 5/8 × 1 3/8 × 3 1/2 in. (9.2 × 3.5 × 8.9 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1916.163
Not on View
DescriptionThis squat cylindrical jug is made of transparent natural pale green glass (10 G 6/2), including a similarly colored handle. The vessel was free-blown and finished with tooling. Its cylindrical body and slightly concave shoulder indicate it may have been partially shaped in a one-part mold. The neck is cylindrical with a constriction at the base, and the collar rim is elaborately folded outward, downward, outward again, and upward.
A broad, single handle with four pronounced vertical ribs extends from the shoulder to the neck. Excess glass from the handle application was folded first upward against the neck and then backward across the top of the handle. The vessel's base is flattened, and there is no evidence of a pontil mark.
4th century CE
4th-6th century CE
First half of the 1st century
Workshop of the Floating Handles
first half CE 1st century
Probably 4th century
1st century CE
6th century?
Mid-5th to mid-6th century
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