Spherical Bottle with Lozenge Pattern (Sprinkler)

Place of OriginSyria or inland Palestine

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 3 5/16 in. (8.5 cm); Max Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm); Diam (rim): 2 in. (5.1 cm); Diam (body): 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm)

MediumMold-blown, in a two-part mold; tooled. Medium thick glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1335

Not on View

DescriptionColor cannot be determined because of weathering. Medium thick 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 indistinct. No pontil mark. Collar rim outsplayed at an angle and rounded in flame, with an open cut-out below edge. Neck tapers downward to 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, eleven rows of twelve lozenges in raised outline, the bottom row consisting of tongues with pointed tips in raised outline. The top two rows are barely visible.

Published ReferencesStern, 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. 130, p. 196, color plate 19, p. 57.

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