Melon-shaped Bottle with One Handle

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Melon-shaped Bottle with One Handle

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, probably Syro-Palestinian

DateProbably second half of the first century

DimensionsH (with handle): 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm); Diam: 15/16 in. (2.3 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown in a two-part mold, tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.684

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DescriptionTranslucent manganese colored glass. Similarly colored handle. Medium thin glass. A few small spherical bubbles in neck and one large vertically elongated bubble near handle. Rim tooled. Neck and body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections (MCT VIII). One continuous mold seam around body and base extends onto either side of neck and follows line of vertical ribs on body. Edges of mold not well aligned. Rim partly folded outward, upward, and inward with area of extreme overlap. Cylindrical neck. Melon-shaped body. Circular flat base. Bifurcated handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim with projecting thumbrest above. Handle positioned adjacent to seam. Around the body, twenty-two vertical ribs, wider at middle and tapering toward ends. Translucent manganese colored glass. Similarly colored handle. Translucent manganese colored glass. Similarly colored handle. Medium thin glass. A few small spherical bubbles in neck and one large vertically elongated bubble near handle. Rim tooled. Neck and body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections (MCT VIII C). One continuous mold seam around body and base extends onto either side of neck and follows line of vertical ribs on body. Edges of mold not well aligned. Rim partly folded outward, upward, and inward with area of extreme overlap. Cylindrical neck. Melon-shaped body. Circular flat base. Bifurcated handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim with projecting thumbrest above. Handle positioned adjacent to seam. Around the body, twenty-two vertical ribs, wider at middle and tapering toward ends.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 149, no. 50.