Tall Cylindrical Bottle with One Handle

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Tall Cylindrical Bottle with One Handle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date2nd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 8 9/16 in. (21.8 cm); Rim Diam: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); Body Diam: 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown, wheel cut.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.569

Not on View

DescriptionMedium thick glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent light olive brown (5 Y 5/6). Translucent similarly colored handle and rim coil. Body blown into a one-part mold. No pontil mark. Excess glass at tip of handle folded upward and downward against rim coil. Added coil. Flaring rim rounded in flame. Cylindrical neck with curved transition to shoulder. Sloping shoulder. Tall cylindrical body tapering slightly toward base. Slightly concave base. Broad pre-formed handle with six sharp ribs from shoulder to rim coil. Rim coil. On body, scratched design consisting of three bands of geometric motifs, each bordered by a pair of uneven horizontal scratched lines. From top to bottom: (1) Roman numeral IIIs alternating with scratched oval facets, (2) vertical dashes loosely arranged to form seven scallops, (3) scratched oval facets alternating with Roman numeral IIIs. The IIIs in either band have alternating long and short horizontal strokes. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 126 (variation).

Published ReferencesPuma, Richard Daniel de, Art In Roman Life: Villa to Grave, Rome, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2009, p. 96, no. 107.Exhibition HistoryCedar Rapids Museum of Art, Art in Roman Life: Villa to Grave, September 2003-August 2005 (no catalog).

The Dayton Art Institute, The Roman World: Religions and Everyday Life (featuring the Brooklyn Museum exhibition: Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire), September 21, 2007-January 6, 2008 (no catalog).