Miniature Transport Amphora

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Miniature Transport Amphora

DateSecond half of 1st century CE

DimensionsH: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Max Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

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

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.688

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DescriptionMiniature transport amphora made of transparent to translucent grayish yellow (near 5 GY 7/2) glass with dark yellow streaks and two opaque blue handles. The glass is thin, with small oval bubbles visible in the body. The neck is free-blown, and the body was blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections (MCT VIII), producing one continuous mold seam around the body. The edges of the mold are poorly aligned on one side. The tips of the handles are drawn out thin and folded back. The rim is folded outward, upward, and inward. The vessel has a tall neck that tapers downward, an elongated ovoid body with a circular cross-section, and a pointed base. Two coil handles are applied to the shoulder and attached to the underside of the rim, positioned over the mold seams. The body is decorated with twenty-three concentric, horizontal mold-blown ridges running from neck to base.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 158, no. 65.