Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A

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Hexagonal Bottle, Vessels Type, Series A

Place of OriginRoman Empire, Phoenicia

DateProbably mid-1st 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

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DescriptionThis mold-blown and tooled vessel, classified as Vessels Type, Series A3, Generation A3a-y, is made of translucent grayish blue glass with streaking. The fabric is medium thin and weathered beyond precise determination. The neck was free blown, while the body was shaped in a four-part mold consisting of three vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section (MCT II). Mold seams are located between panels 2 and 3, 4 and 5, and 6 and 1. Relief is indistinct, and vertical crimps at the base of the neck suggest the use of a tool during finishing. The bottle has a flaring rim folded outward, upward, and inward, a cylindrical neck with a slight taper, sloping shoulder, and ovoid body. The base is low and offset with a flat underside bearing two raised concentric circles. Its decorative scheme corresponds with that of 1923.531, part of a series sharing similar mold designs and typology.

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.