Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A

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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Phoenicia

DateProbably first half of first century

DimensionsH: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Base Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

MediumGlass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.471

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DescriptionOpaque white. Medium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Neck free blown. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections (MCT IV). Mold seams between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1 meet off center on underside of base. Relief crisp. Flaring rim, folded outward and upward; tool mark along interior. Cylindrical neck. Bulbous body with greatest diameter halfway between center and base. Low, offset base with concave underside. Decoration like 1923.472. CLASSIFICATION: Vessels Type, Series A1, Generation A1a-yy. Opaque white. Neck free blown. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections (MCT IV A). Mold seams between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1 meet off center on underside of base. Relief crisp. Flaring rim, folded outward and upward; tool mark along interior. Cylindrical neck. Bulbous body with greatest diameter halfway between center and base. Low, offset base with concave underside. Decoration like Cat. No. 15. CLASSIFICATION Vessels Type, Series A1, Generation A1aÐyy

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 119-120, no. 19.

Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 103.