Multisided Bottle with Two Handles

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Multisided Bottle with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Perhaps Eastern Mediterranean

DateProbably first century

DimensionsH: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm);
H body: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm);
Max Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm);
Rim Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.72 cm);
Base Diam: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)

MediumMedium thick glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.893

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DescriptionTranslucent streaked manganese colored glass. Translucent grayish green handles (10 GY 5/2). Many medium-sized and two large, vertically elongated bubbles in neck; several large oval bubbles in body. Rim tooled. Neck and body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections (MCT VIII H). One continuous mold seam around body and base extends onto either side of neck. Handles drawn out thin. Rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Cylindrical neck. Nine-sided body. Rectangular flat base. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached below rim. Handles positioned to one side of mold seam. On front and back panels, one large circle in raised outline. Translucent streaked manganese colored glass. Translucent grayish green handles (10 GY 5/2). Rim tooled. Neck and body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections (MCT VIII H). One continuous mold seam around body and base extends onto either side of neck. Handles drawn out thin. Rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Cylindrical neck. Nine-sided body. Square flat base. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached below rim. Handles positioned to one side of mold seam. On front and back panels, one large circle 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, no. 52, p. 150.

Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 100.