Squat Cylindrical Bottle with One Handle

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Squat Cylindrical Bottle with One Handle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th century CE

DimensionsH: 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm); Diam: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.957

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small spherical bubbles in body. Transparent natural greenish gray tint. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Body probably blown into one-part mold. No pontil mark. Pre-formed handle; excess glass at tip of handle folded against rim and tip cut off. Flaring collar rim, rounded in flame with cutout below. Cylindrical neck with slight taper and curved transition to shoulder. Sloping shoulder. Cylindrical body with downward taper. Base flattened. Broad angular pre-formed handle with ten rounded ribs from shoulder to top of neck. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 126 (variation).