Cylindrical Bottle with One Handle

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Cylindrical Bottle with One Handle

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date2nd century CE

DimensionsH: 6 3/4 in. (17.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm); Body Diam: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.958

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent natural grayish green tint. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Body blown into one-part mold. No pontil mark. Pre-formed handle; excess glass at tip of handle folded back and pressed up and down against top of neck. Flaring rim folded outward and upward with a tool mark along edge on interior. Cylindrical neck with slight bulge above constriction at its base. Sloping shoulder. Cylindrical body tapering downward. Concave base. Broad flat handle from shoulder to just below rim. On body, six bands of parallel wheel-cut incisions consisting of two or three lines apiece: two bands just below shoulder, three more widely spaced bands on middle body, and two bands on lower body.