Barrel-Shaped Bottle with One Handle
Barrel-Shaped Bottle with One Handle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
DateLate 3rd century CE
DimensionsH: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); Diam: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
MediumGlass; mold-blown.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1948.220
Not on View
Riefstahl, Rudolph, "Ancient and Near Eastern Glass," Museum News, New Series, vol. 4, no. 2, 1961, p. 38 (repr.).
Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass, A Guide to the Glass Collections, 1969, p. 27, repr.
Fundaburk, Emma Lila and Thomas G. Davenport, Art in Public Places in the United States, Bowling Green, 1975, p. 253, p. 183.
Grose, David, "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 20, no. 3, 1978, p. 81, repr. fig. 17.
Grose, David, "The Origins and Early History of Glass," in The History of Glass, London, 1984, repr. p. 31.
Groffi, T. and J. Heus, Beschavingen 2, Antwerp, 1990, repr. p. 241.
Stern, E. Marianne, "Roman Glassblowing in a Cultural Context," American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 103, no. 3, July 1999, p. 462, 467, fig. 26.
Cummings, Keith, A Histoy of Glassforming, London, 2002, p. 80, repr.
3rd century CE
Probably mid-first century
Probably late second century
First half of first century
Perhaps 2nd century
Probably second quarter of the first century
Probably second half of the first century
Probably first half of first century
Probably mid-first century
Probably mid-first century
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