Ovoid Bottle with Stylized Grape Pattern
Ovoid Bottle with Stylized Grape Pattern
Place of OriginProbably Syrian or inland Palestinian
DateProbably third century
DimensionsH: 5 9/16 in. (14.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Diam (body): 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown, tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1079
Not on View
DescriptionColorless, with greenish tinge, some purple streaks; offset rim; cylindrical neck; tooled flange at juncture of neck and body; spherical body; body resembles bunch of grapes; circular base area.
Translucent pale olive (10 Y 6/20). Medium thick glass. Small vertical linear bubbles in neck.
Neck and collar free blown. Body blown into a three-part mold with two vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section (MCT VII). Relief crisp. Pontil mark ca. 1.4 cm. in diameter. Flaring rim, rounded in flame, with hollow pushed-out collar below. Tall cylindrical neck. Hollow projecting roll above shoulder collar. Ovoid body. Base slightly concave. On the body, stylized pattern of grapes consisting of eleven irregular rows of small, widely spaced hemispherical knobs. Underside of base undecorated.
Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, fig. 91, p. 49.
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. 128, p. 195, color pl. 19, p. 57.
Probably third century
Probably 3rd Century CE
Probably third century
Second half of the first century CE
Probably second half of first century
Second half of the first century CE
Perhaps second quarter of first century
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