Hexagonal Bottle with Handle, Vessels Type, Series B

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Hexagonal Bottle with Handle, Vessels Type, Series B

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Perhaps Eastern Mediterranean

DateProbably mid- to second half of first century

DimensionsH (with handle): 3 11/16 in. (9.37 cm); Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Rim Diam: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm); Base Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.529

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DescriptionTransparent pale green tint (10 G 6/2). Translucent similarly colored handle. Medium thin glass. Clusters of pinprick bubbles in body and numerous small to medium-sized linear bubbles in neck. One large linear bubble from near rim to base of neck. 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 at center of underside of base. Relief moderately crisp but difficult to distinguish because of the transparency and glossiness of the glass. Handle irregularly attached at rim with a large fold against neck. Rim rounded and thickened in flame; tool mark on interior. Tall cylindrical neck. Convex shoulder and convex bottom joined by a nearly cylindrical body. Base flat. Coil handle from shoulder to rim with projecting loop above. Handle positioned above panel 6. Decoration like 1923.430. CLASSIFICATION: Vessels Type, Series B1, Generation B1a-y (younger Generation) Transparent pale green tint (10 G 6/2). Translucent similarly colored handle. 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 at center of underside of base. Relief moderately crisp but difficult to distinguish because of the transparency and glossiness of the glass. Handle irregularly attached at rim with a large fold against neck. Rim rounded and thickened in flame; tool mark on interior. Tall cylindrical neck. Convex shoulder and convex bottom joined by a nearly cylindrical body. Base flat. Coil handle from shoulder to rim with projecting loop above. Handle positioned above panel 6. Decoration like Cat. No. 34. CLASSIFICATION Vessels Type, Series B1, Generation B1aÐy (younger Generation)

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. 35, pp. 128-129.

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