Octagonal Bottle
Octagonal Bottle
Place of OriginRome
Date4th century CE
DimensionsH: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); Diam (body): 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
MediumGlass, mold blown and tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1344
Not on View
DescriptionThis octagonal bottle is made of thin, transparent natural pale green glass (10 G 6/2) with a few small pinprick and spherical bubbles, some elongated horizontally in the rim. The body was blown into a one-part mold with a patterned base, while the neck and rim were free-blown. There is no pontil mark.
The bottle has a flaring rim that is rounded and thickened in the flame. Its neck tapers upward with a smooth, curved transition to the sloping shoulder. The body has eight straight sides with a slight taper toward the base. The concave base features a star pattern formed by the continuation of the edges between the sides.
about 3rd century CE
2nd century CE
Probably 4th century
3rd-4th century CE
6th to 7th century
Late 2nd to early 3rd century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Early to mid-1st century CE
Early to mid-1st century CE
Membership
Become a TMA member today
Support TMA
Help support the TMA mission