Squat Cylindrical Bottle with One Handle (Jug)

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Squat Cylindrical Bottle with One Handle (Jug)

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

Date2nd century

DimensionsH: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1179

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DescriptionTransparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2). Similarly colored handle. Medium thin glass. Pinprick bubbles and a few medium-sized bubbles in body, vertically elongated bubbles in neck. A slight bulge below shoulder suggests that body was blown into a one-part mold. Pontil mark 1.2 cm. Excess glass at tip of handle folded upward, downward, upward, and back against neck. Flaring narrow collar rim, rounded in flame and folded outward, inward, and upward. Cylindrical neck with slight taper and curved transition to shoulder. Horizontal shoulder. Cylindrical body tapering downward. Concave base. Broad flat angular handle from shoulder to just below rim. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 126 (variation)