Spherical Bottle with Lozenge Pattern

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Spherical Bottle with Lozenge Pattern

Place of OriginSyria or inland Palestine

DateFirst half of 3rd century

DimensionsH: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm); Max Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.55cm); Rim Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); Diam (body): 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown in a two-part mold.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1334

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DescriptionColor cannot be determined because of weathering. Medium thin glass. Blowing spirals. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Rim and neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold with two vertical sections (MCT VIII). One continuous mold seam extends around body and across underside of base. Relief crisp on one side and indistinct on the other. No pontil mark. Collar rim outsplayed horizontally and very thin at edge (unworked?), with a cut-out below edge. Tubular neck, with a constriction at its base where an interior cut-out forms a diaphragm with an aperture of ca. 0.3 cm. Spherical body. Flattened base. On the body, twelve rows of ten lozenges in raised outline, the bottom row consisting of tongues with pointed tips in raised outline. The top two rows are barely visible.

Label TextThe sprinkler, a new shape that developed before the mid-third century A.D., had a constriction like a washer inside the neck that restricted the flow of the contents to a few drops or a trickle.Published ReferencesGrose, David F., "Ancient Glass," The Toledo Museum of Art Museum News 20 (1978) p. 82, fig. 20 (acc. no. mistakenly cited as 1923.1134).

Grose, David F., "The Origins and Early History of Glass," in D. Klein and W. Lloyd eds., The History of Glass (London 1984), p. 37, ill.

Stern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: the First through Sixth Centuries, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, Rome, Italy, 1995, cat. no. 129, p. 195-196.

Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 114.