Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Phoenicia
DateProbably mid-first century or earlier
DimensionsH: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Rim Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.05 cm); Base Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.479
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent streaked grayish blue.
Medium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Neck free blown. Body blown into a four-part mold of three vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section (MCT II). Mold seams between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1. Relief indistinct. Vertical crimps at base of neck from tool used to hold vessel while finishing rim.
Flaring rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck with slight downward taper. Sloping shoulder. Ovoid body. Low, offset base with flat underside with two raised concentric circles.
Decoration like 1923.531.
CLASSIFICATION: Vessels Type, Series A3, Generation A3a-y.
Translucent streaked grayish blue.
Neck free blown. Body blown into a four-part mold of three vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section (MCT II). Mold seams between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1. Relief indistinct. Vertical crimps at base of neck from tool used to hold vessel while finishing rim.
Flaring rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck with slight downward taper. Sloping shoulder. Ovoid body. Low, offset base with flat underside with two raised concentric circles.
Decoration like Cat. No. 26.
CLASSIFICATION Vessels Type, Series A3, Generation A3aÐy
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. 29, p. 125.
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 103.
Probably mid-first century or earlier
Probably mid-first century or earlier
Probably mid-first century
Mid-first century or earlier
Probably first half of first century
Probably first half of first century
Probably second half of first century
Probably mid-first century
Probably first half of first century
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably first half of first century
Probably first half of first century
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