Square Bottle
Square Bottle
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
Date1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsH: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm); Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.821
Not on View
DescriptionThis small square bottle was made by blowing the body, probably in a one-part mold, and finishing the neck and mouth free-blown and tooled. The glass is thin and transparent, decolored with a grayish yellow-green tinge (5 GY 7/2). There is an irregular gouge on the flat base. The rim is bent out horizontally, then rounded and thickened in the flame with a visible tool mark along the interior top edge. The cylindrical neck has a slight bulge above a constriction at its base. The shoulder slopes down to a square body. The base is flat.
3rd century CE
Probably 2nd century
mid-4th to mid-5th century
2nd century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Membership
Become a TMA member today
Support TMA
Help support the TMA mission