Carinated Bottle

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, probably Syro-Palestinian

DateMid-first century

DimensionsH: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm); Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm)

MediumGlass; neck free blown. Body blown into a three-part mold of two vertical sections joined to a cup-shaped base section (MCT V).

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.444

Not on View

DescriptionThin glass. A few small spherical bubbles in body and elongated vertical bubbles in neck. Transparent to translucent dark blue. Rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Tall cylindrical neck with two tool marks at its base. Upper part of body conical; bottom part of body rounded. Flat base with two raised concentric circles around a small central depression. On the body, two faint grooves, each bordered by two faint ridges, at 1.5 cm and 1.1 cm above carination. On the bottom, twenty-nine petal-like tongues alternating with darts in raised outline. Transparent to translucent dark blue. Neck free blown. Body blown into a three-part mold of two vertical sections joined to a cup-shaped base section (MCT V). Rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Tall cylindrical neck with two tool marks at its base. Upper part of body conical; bottom part of body rounded. Flat base with two raised concentric circles around a small central depression. On the body, two faint grooves, each bordered by two faint ridges, at 1.5 cm and 1.1 cm above carination. On the bottom, twenty-nine petal-like tongues alternating with darts in raised outline.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: the First through Sixth Centuries, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, Rome, Italy, 1995, cat. no. 49, pp. 148-149.