Octagonal Bottle with One Handle

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Octagonal Bottle with One Handle

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean (Syro-Palestinian)

Date2nd-3rd century CE

DimensionsH: 8 13/16 in. (22.4 cm); Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)

MediumGlass; mold-blown; tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.562

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DescriptionMedium thick glass. A few pinprick and small vertically elongated bubbles. Natural light green; some bubbles; octagonal shape; wide mouth; folded rim; applied thick thread below rim; wide, flat handle applied to neck, rests on shoulder; base decorated with flower-like pattern: central circle surrounded by eight circles. Transparent natural dusky yellow green (5 GY 5/2). Body blown into a two-part mold with patterned base. Neck and rim free-blown. Circular wad on base ca. 3.1 cm. Added coil. Excess glass at tip of handle folded up against rim and tip either cut or broken off. Irregular flaring rim, partially rolled inward with partial cut-out below. Cylindrical neck with slight taper and curved transition to shoulder. Horizontal shoulder with bulge on one side. Octagonal straight-walled body with slight downward taper. Concave base. Flat handle from shoulder to top of rim. On base, mold-blown design of raised circles with raised central knobs separated by raised lines, radiating from a similar composite circle in center of base. Rim coil below partial cut-out.