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Fragment of Tall Square Bottle (Mercury Bottle)
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Fragment of Tall Square Bottle (Mercury Bottle)

Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date2nd-3rd century CE
DimensionsH: 1 1/4 in. (2.9 cm); L: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); W: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
MediumGlass, mold-pressed.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1886
Not on View
DescriptionVery thick glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent to translucent natural light olive (10 Y 6/2). Body blown into one-part patterned mold. No pontil mark. Shape of entire vessel like 1987.216, but larger. Flat base. On underside of base, a mold blown figure of Mercury in three-quarter view to left, dressed in short tunic with a traveller's cloak. The tip of his cloak hangs loosely over his left shoulder. He stretches both arms forward holding a three-pronged object (caduceus? cornucopia?) in his right hand. In corners clockwise from top left: G F I H. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 84.

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