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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 1/4 in. (8.2 cm); Rim Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); Base Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.477
Not on View
DescriptionThis mold-blown and tooled bottle, classified as Vessels Type, Series A3, Generation A3a, is made of translucent grayish blue glass with streaking. The fabric is medium thin and exhibits numerous small oval and linear bubbles in the neck. The vessel was formed by free blowing the neck and blowing the body into a four-part mold composed of three vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section (MCT II). Mold seams run between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1. Although the relief is crisp, surface weathering makes it difficult to distinguish. Vertical crimps at the base of the neck result from the use of a tool to hold the vessel during the finishing of the rim. The bottle has a flaring rim folded outward, upward, and inward; a cylindrical neck with a slight downward taper; a sloping shoulder; a bulbous body widest below the midpoint; and a low, offset base with a flat underside bearing two raised concentric circles. The decoration on this bottle matches that of 1923.531.
Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-Blown Glass: The First Through Sixth Centuries, Rome, Italy, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1995, cat. no. 28, pp. 124-125.

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

Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably mid-first century or earlier
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably first half of first century
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably mid-first century or earlier
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably mid-first century or earlier
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Mid-first century or earlier
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably mid-first century
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably first half of first century
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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Mid-first century
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Hexagonal Bottle, Fruit Type, Series A
Probably second quarter of first century
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably first quarter of first century
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably first quarter of first century
Image Not Available for Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Probably first quarter of first century

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